Period:Unknown Production date:1990S
Materials:camphor wood
Technique:carved, painted,
Subjects:deity dragon reptile
Dimensions:Height: 30 centimetres Weight: 1.20 kilograms Width: 16 centimetres Depth: 15.50 centimetres
Description:
Figurine; carved of camphor wood; in the form of man seated on chair on pedestal; pedestal rectangular with rounded corners, painted brown with gold trim; chair painted brown, dragon head painted gold with red mouth at end of each arm; man seated in chair wears gold headdress with silver oval at centre front, skin painted pink, eyebrows black, real hair glued on for moustache, beard and sideburns, lips red, robe multicoloured with face around centre of belt, holds silver pitchfork in right hand, left foot rests on green turtle, right foot on red and black snake.
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Comments:Represents the deity “Bei Dei” (the Northern Emperor), “Superior Divinity of the Deep Dark Heaven, True Soldier of the North”, a prince who lived in the Zhou Dynasty and gained immortality by following the path of Daoism.
Materials:camphor wood
Technique:carved, painted,
Subjects:deity dragon reptile
Dimensions:Height: 30 centimetres Weight: 1.20 kilograms Width: 16 centimetres Depth: 15.50 centimetres
Description:
Figurine; carved of camphor wood; in the form of man seated on chair on pedestal; pedestal rectangular with rounded corners, painted brown with gold trim; chair painted brown, dragon head painted gold with red mouth at end of each arm; man seated in chair wears gold headdress with silver oval at centre front, skin painted pink, eyebrows black, real hair glued on for moustache, beard and sideburns, lips red, robe multicoloured with face around centre of belt, holds silver pitchfork in right hand, left foot rests on green turtle, right foot on red and black snake.
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Comments:Represents the deity “Bei Dei” (the Northern Emperor), “Superior Divinity of the Deep Dark Heaven, True Soldier of the North”, a prince who lived in the Zhou Dynasty and gained immortality by following the path of Daoism.
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