Box with Daoist Immortals

China

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 204

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.

Box with Daoist Immortals, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China

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Box with Daoist Immortals, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China
Box with Daoist Immortals, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China
Box with Daoist Immortals, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China
Box with Daoist Immortals, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China
Box with Daoist Immortals, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China
Box with Daoist Immortals, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China
Box with Daoist Immortals, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China
Box with Daoist Immortals, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China
Box with Daoist Immortals, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China
Box with Daoist Immortals, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China
Box with Daoist Immortals, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China

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