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Daoist Deity: Xuantian Shangdi (Supreme Emperor of Dark Heaven)
Image Not Available for Daoist Deity: Xuantian Shangdi (Supreme Emperor of Dark Heaven)

Daoist Deity: Xuantian Shangdi (Supreme Emperor of Dark Heaven)


Date15th/16th century
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 13 1/2 x 9 1/8 x 4 7/8 in. (34.3 x 23.2 x 12.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Benjamin and Doris Niebel
Object number2001.12
ClassificationsSculpture
Object NameSculpture
CultureEastern Asian
NationalityChinese
On View
Not on view
Century
  • Fifteenth/Sixteenth
Exhibition HistoryObjects In/And Visual Culture, Zoller Gallery, March 1 - 21, 2004ProvenanceDr. and Mrs. B.E. Niebel (acquired in China, January 1927), by inheritance to donor