Figure of deity Hotei

Made:: 1801-1900 in Japan

Cast bronze figure of Hotei, a nude deity with fat belly

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Cast bronze figure of Hotei, a nude deity with fat belly
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Cast bronze figure of Hotei, a nude deity with fat belly, pendulous swollen ears, and smiling face, Japanese, 1801-1900

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Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A102964

Materials:: complete, bronze and wood

Measurements:: overall: 195 mm x 220 mm x 125 mm,

type:: statue

credit:: Phillips, Son and Neale

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