Lu Dongbin
Figure of Lu Dongbin
1550-1640 (made)
1550-1640 (made)
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Objects such as this Daoist bronze sculpture may have come from a temple or a tomb in China. The figure represents Lu Dongbin, one of the Eight Immortals, honoured as a great poet and swordsman and shown here wearing his scholar's cap and robes.
Object details
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| Title | Lu Dongbin (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Bonze, cast |
| Brief description | Figure of Lu Dongbin, cast bronze, China, Ming dynasty, 1550-1640 |
| Physical description | Bronze figure of Lu Dongbin wearing a robe and a flat cap with lappets. |
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| Object history | Purchased from a source not recorded in the Asia Department registers, accessioned in 1889. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
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| Summary | Objects such as this Daoist bronze sculpture may have come from a temple or a tomb in China. The figure represents Lu Dongbin, one of the Eight Immortals, honoured as a great poet and swordsman and shown here wearing his scholar's cap and robes. |
| Bibliographic reference | Kerr, Rose. Later Chinese Bronzes. London: Bamboo Publishing Ltd in association with the Victoria & Albert Museum, 1990. pp. 82-83, no. 64. |
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| Accession number | 71-1889 |
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| Record created | March 3, 2003 |
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