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4) Lü Dong-bin (with fly-wisk and sword)
reverse
China
Eight Immortal Daoists
Ivory,
c. 1900
17-1/4" H by 4" W by 3-1/4" D
Gift of the James P. Whiterow Family
1984: 13.4

Lü Dong-bin was an 8th-century scholar who learned the secrets of Daoism from Zhuang-li Quan. His attribute, the sword, allowed him to travel the earth slaying dragons and fighting evil.

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