One of Eight Immortals

Artist China

MediumStone

ClassificationsVisual Works

Credit LineGift of Katherine Wolcott

Object number1939.73.2.5

DescriptionChang Kuo Lauo with the bamboo or divining rod. He lived in the 7th Century and owned a white mule which carried him a thousand miles a day. When he halted he could fold the mule up and put him in his wallet. He made the mule appear again by squirting water on the wallet, then resumed journey. Carved in a soft stone like soapstone, stained brown.

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