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6) Zhuang-li Quan (with fan and peach of immortality)
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China
Eight Immortal Daoists
Ivory,
c. 1900
17-3/16" H by 4" W by 3-5/16" D
Gift of the James P. Whiterow Family
1984: 13.6

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Zhuang li Quan was reputed to have lived during the Zhou dynasty (1050-221 B.C.) Among his many powers were transmutation and the knowledge of the elixir of life. His attribute is a fan.

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