Figure of God of Wealth Ts'ai-Shen

Made:: 1801-1900 in China

Hollow bronze figure of seated male deity

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Hollow bronze figure of seated male deity
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Hollow bronze figure of seated male deity, possibly Ts'ai-Shen the God of Wealth, dressed as mandarin, traces of paint, Chinese, 1801-1900

Details

Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A79228

Materials:: complete and bronze

type:: statue

credit:: Blake, M.E.

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