Shadow Puppet

33-54-38

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 33-54-38
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China
Date Made 18th Century - 1933
Section Asian
Materials Hide
Iconography Ao Guang
Description

Shadow puppet of a Long Wang (龍王) or Dragon King. He is known as the 'King of the Dragons of the East Sea" (东海龙王敖广), named Ao Guang (敖廣). He also appears in Journey to the West. Green face/red beard and yellow thin moustache. Elaborate headdress in black/amber/yellow. Red clothing with yellow/green simplified lotus and diagonal line design. Curved yellow/green/red belt.

Credit Line Purchased from John C. Ferguson, 1933

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