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Subject:Re: Small bronze Buddhist Arhat on Deer
Posted By: citydweller Sat, Feb 18, 2012
Bill,
After looking around (quite a bit!) further, I agree this may be a Taoist piece, although I found only the bronze you linked to identified as Shouxing. His left hand does appear to be holding a "round-ish" object, which may well represent a peach. I found a few identified as Louzi, and several just identified as "scholar" or "immortal", but not one darned bronze quite like this one.
Also, I found none this small, and nearly all the other "figure on a deer" themed Chinese pieces were censers or incense holders. This one seems more like a personal devotional item that one might travel with.
I'm wondering now if the style of the figure on the deer, along with the method of casting might place this piece in a particular time period and region, which might help narrow down the identity of the mystery man?
I'm including photos showing the two-part casting assembly, as some folks apparently can't access the picassa album I linked.
- Steve
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