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Votive image of Laojun

Votive image of Laojun

A.D. 587
Medium/TechniqueCarved limestone with inscription
Dimensions24 x 15 x 11.5 cm (9 7/16 x 5 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number07.732
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ClassificationsSculpture
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Inscriptions"...the Daoist layman Su Zun respectfully had one sculpture of Laojun made in order that in High seven generations of his ancestors, men and women, the parents who gave birth to him, and all of his dependants and relatives may achieve the Way at the same time."
Provenance1906, purchased for the Museum in China by former curator Okakura Kakuzo. (Accession date: November 21, 1907)