The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own collection record for "Daoist immortal Laozi," a gilt copper alloy figure by the artist Chen Yanqing, active in the 15th century, dated by its own inscription to 1438. The record gives the accession number 1997.139, dimensions of height 19 cm, width 12 cm and depth 7 cm, the classification Metalwork, and the credit line Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 1997. The figure was made during the Ming dynasty and belongs to a devotional class of gilt Daoist icon showing Laozi as a venerated immortal rather than only as a philosopher.
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The holding museum's own catalogue record for the accessioned object, the strongest available record for its artist, date, medium, dimensions and accession number, its own title directly naming Laozi as the figure shown and dated by the object's own inscription rather than by stylistic estimate. Citation
PublisherMetropolitan Museum of Art
URLhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/39488
Source TypeMuseum
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Laozi, Figures This source names Laozi directly: "collection record for "Daoist immortal Laozi," a gilt copper alloy figure by the artist Chen Yanqing, active in the 15th century, dated by its own inscription to 1438."
Source Daoist Immortal Laozi, accession 1997.139 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Claims Backed By This Source (15 claims)
This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sacred Art & Iconography, 9 claims: 5 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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