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8) Zhang Guo-lao (with fish drum)
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China
Eight Immortal Daoists
Ivory,
c. 1900
17-1/16" H by 4-1/32" W by 3-1/4" D
Gift of the James P. Whiterow Family
1984: 13.8

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Zhang Guo-lao is reputed to have been a recluse of the 7th or 8th century. His attribute is a fish drum made of a bamboo tube with two rods with which to strike it. He traveled with a white mule that could go incredible distances and then be folded up and placed in a wallet. Zhang Guo lao had only to add water to the mule to reconstitute it for further use.

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