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Guan Gong

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Title

Subject

Description

This processional figure, as identified by the donor, duplicated a permanent portrayal of Guan Yu (206 BCE–220 CE), the Han Dynasty general known as a national protector who continued to appear at battlefronts after his death and was deified as Guan Gong.

Creator

Source

For thirty years, the processional figure in the Sanmiao Temple in Changxing, China

Date

Unknown, but given to SMU in 1925

Contributor

Gift of Rev. and Mrs. Hubert L. Sone, 1925

Original Format

Painted plaster over wood, hair.

Citation

Unknown, “Guan Gong,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed April 29, 2024, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/2350.