Small Votive Image Representing Laozi Seated at a Curved, Three-Legged Writing Desk, with Attached Flaming Halo and Stand
dated to 602
Dimensions
H. 10 x W. 3.3 x D. 3.2 cm (3 15/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Shao F. Wang purchased from Sotheby's, New York Ex-coll: Robert H. Ellsworth Collection, New York
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