[Portrait stone of the official doorpost of Yongcomet Gate]
Portrait stone of the official doorpost of Yongcomet Gate, Eastern Han Dynasty, 127 cm high and 37 cm wide
This stone portrait is a pair of stone portraits with another samurai doorpost in the Palace Museum, and this is the right. The picture is divided into three frames, the left frame is the vine pattern, the upper right frame is the east prince sitting on the fairy tree, there are also feather people, immortal birds and animals on the tree, and the lower part is the official holding the comet. There is a basalt in the lower grid
In the portrait stone, besides the doorman, there are people holding brooms, representing etiquette, which was called “embracing comet” in ancient times. “Comet” is a broom. The ancients greeted the distinguished guests and often crowded to show their respect
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