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figure (ritual & belief: representations)
Carved soapstone figure of Jiang Ziya, also known as Jiang Taigong (Grand Duke Jiang), standing on a giant fish with a dragon head. He dresses in a long robe and holds a triangular flag in his right hand that is incised with a Chinese character "ling" (command). The figure has a hole in its base, which fixes onto a metal peg on the dragon fish's back. The dragon fish is a separate piece of stone. …
Creator
- Epthorp, Mabel Valerie
Type of item
- figures (ritual & belief: representations)
- figures (ritual & belief: representations)
Creator
- Epthorp, Mabel Valerie
Type of item
- figures (ritual & belief: representations)
- figures (ritual & belief: representations)
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
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Creation date
- 19th - 20th century
Places
- China
Provenance
- Horniman Museum and Gardens
Identifier
- http://collections.horniman.ac.uk/objects/118573
Format
- soapstone
- iron
- Iron
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2015-11-18T11:01:37.627Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-07-12T17:51:30.637Z