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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Celadon Jade Figure of Shoulao , 1644-1912 CE

Celadon Jade Figure of Shoulao , 1644-1912 CE

Jade
Height: 6.2 cm
ES.0761.22
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The God of Longevity is depicted sitting and holding a bowl containing a peach, a symbol of long life, in his left hand. The god is contained in a hand,...
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The God of Longevity is depicted sitting and holding a bowl containing a peach, a symbol of long life, in his left hand. The god is contained in a hand, which act as a frame for the figure, while also seems to gently support the god.
Shoulao is usually represented as an old man, bald, with a high forehead and long white beard, and carrying a staff and a peach. In China, he is one of the three gods known collectively as 'Fu-Lu-Shou san xing' (the three stellar deities of happiness, wealth and longevity).
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