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mid-16th century · Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware) · Asian Art

The small figures and their attendants shown walking in a procession on the cover depict the Eight Daoist Immortals, a quasi-historical group that became popular in the twelfth century as this religious tradition expanded. On this unusual box, which may have been used to hold beads, they are shown approaching Shuolao, a popular Daiost divinity often associated with immortality.

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid-16th century

Medium

Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1925