Dongfang Shuo
Dongfang Shuo
Dongfang Shuo
Dongfang Shuo
Dongfang Shuo
Dongfang Shuo
Dongfang Shuo

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Soapstone carving of Dongfang Shuo, one of the Chinese Daoist Immortals, carrying a fruiting peach branch. According to legend, he stole the Peaches of Immortality from Xi Wang Mu, the Queen Mother of the West.

Oriental Museum Collection, Durham University

Durham

Title

Dongfang Shuo

Medium

soapstone

Measurements

H 8.9 x W 7.1 x D (?) cm;
H 8.9 x W 7.1 x D (?) cm

Accession number

DUROM.1960.1946

Work type

Sculpture

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