關羽牙彫根付
Unknown Artist
This exquisite carving depicts general Guan Yu (d. 220), the epitome of Confucian virtue, loyalty and righteousness. He was deified in the sixth century and widely worshipped in Asia.
Credit: Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
18th century
Ivory
12.7cm
10.211.1496
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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