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Votive image of Laojun
Chinese
Sui dynasty
A.D. 587
Medium/Technique
Carved limestone with inscription
Dimensions
24 x 15 x 11.5 cm (9 7/16 x 5 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Chinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession Number07.732
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsSculpture
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)