Jigong, M.C. 2015-9(4)

Author(s): yan, dehui 嚴德暉 (before 1915), sculptor dating in century: 20th century type(s) of object(s): china, sculpture, beliefs - customs - cults - ceremonies name(s): statuette materials and techniques: wood (material) place(s) of execution/realization: france dimensions - artwork: height: 16cm length: 8. 1cm width: 6. 8cm description: male character dressed in a dress and a hat. The right foot is shod, the left foot is bare. His right hand held a fan, now separated from the work. Her left hand holds a rosary. Iconographic description: jigong 濟公 is the buddhist name of a famous monk of the song dynasty (birth name: li xiuyuan 李修縁; dates: 1148-1209; he was from the sub-prefecture of tiantaixian 天台縣 in present-day zhejiang). Themes / subjects / places represented: monk mode of acquisition: purchase institution: cernuschi museum, museum of asian arts of the city of paris inventory number: m. C. 2015-9. Unknown date