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The sitting figurine of man holds the precious pearl Back

Wangye Museum

Wangye Museum
Shenzhen, China

From the man's visage, it can be judge basically that he is the Huren. The Yuan Hua Ji·Wei Sheng which is the vol.403 of Tai Ping Guang Ji(Peaceful Broadly Records) recorded that "The Huren has their own treasure meeting. This meeting is an annual event which with fellow people, view and admire the treasure each other, one man who has the most treasures can wear the crown and sit on the seat, the rest sit by arranged." So it can be found that is "Hu people's treasure contest" from this figurine. The same kind of this figurine, which was also collected by Chang Foundation Taiwan, this figurine is 50 centimeters high, but the treasure which was held by Huren is the "Bao Jiao" not pearl. Furthermore, the Dong Jing Meng Hua Lu(Recollect the flourishing Dongjing) recorded that it has the "Zoroastrianism Temple" in the capital(Kaifeng). This size of the Huren figurine should have the relations with offered in wordship to Zoroastrianism temple. The figurine was unearthed in the Shahecheng area of Yanjin country in Henan province, this place at the north suburb of the city Bianliang.

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  • Title: The sitting figurine of man holds the precious pearl Back
  • Date Created: late 12th - early 13th century
  • Physical Dimensions: Height 37 cm
  • Type: Porcelain
Wangye Museum

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