Figure of a religious mendicant dressed as Lan Ts'ai-ho

Made:: 1880-1920 in China

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Painted wooden figure, a religious mendicant dressed as Lan Ts'ai-ho, one of the Taoist 8 immortals, on rectangular wooden stand, Chinese, 1880-1920

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Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A69103

Materials:: incomplete, wood, plaster, sandpaper, hair and string

Measurements:: overall: 280 mm x 202 mm x 142 mm,

type:: diorama

credit:: Glendining

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Figure of a religious mendicant dressed as Lan Ts'ai-ho

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