[RAS 043.001] A Votive door god, offering wealth

[RAS 043.001] A Votive door god, offering wealth. He is a military figure, holding up flaming pearls, a symbol of wealth; with attendants. At the base is a dragon.

43 x 27 cm.

From a collection of 10 Chinese woodblock prints of door gods (men shen) from the Yangtze Valley and South China, donated to the RAS by Brian Houghton Hodgson on 4 November 1826.