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29-127-1541

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-127-1541
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China
Date Made 1859
Section Asian
Materials Bronze
Iconography Fuxing | Luxing | Shouxing | Sanxing
Description

Obv. 壽福祿星 Shou Fu Lu Xing (Stars of Long life, Happiness, and Emoluments) read: top, right, left, bottom. Rev. Images of the gods of the three stars, collectively known as the Sanxing (三星). They include 福星 Fuxing, 祿星 Luxing, and 壽星 Shouxing.

Credit Line Purchased from Rev. Edward W. Thwing; subscription of Robert C. H. Brock, 1902
Other Number 11466 - R. C. H. Brock Collection Number | 1859 - Other Number

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