Cup with Eight Daoist Immortals, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), late 18th–19th century, China, Rhinoceros horn, H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); W. (rim) 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm); D. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm), Horn, By the early thirteenth century a historical group of eight figures—six male, one female, and one hermaphrodite—had become symbolic of the attainment of immortality, one of the primary goals of Daoism
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Cup, Eight Daoist Immortals, Qing dynasty, 1644–1911, late 18th–19th century, China, Rhinoceros horn, H, 3 1/8, 7.9 cm, W, rim, 6 1/4, 15.9, D, 1/2, 8.9, Horn, early thirteenth, historical group, eight figures—six, male, female, hermaphrodite—, symbolic, attainment, immortality, primary goals, Daoism
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