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Description: | Stauette of Shoulao, the Daoist god of longevity, carved from brown bamboo. Shoulao is depicted as a bald-headed elderly man with a high forehead and a lined brow. His face is finely carved with a long beard and smiling expression. He wears long flowing robes tied at the waist with a long, patterned sash to his ankles. In his right hand Shoulao holds a gnarled staff with lingzhi fungus finial. In his left arm he holds a child and three more children stand at his feet, two of which hold a peach. The base is recessed. | Subjects: | statuette sculpture in the round statuette | Source: | Vads | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=268... | Go to resource |
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