{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O493357"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O493357/"}},"images":{"_primary_thumbnail":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2010EJ2073/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg","_iiif_image":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2010EJ2073/","_alt_iiif_image":[],"imageResolution":"high","_images_meta":[{"assetRef":"2010EJ2073","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2010EJ2072","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false}]},"see_also":{"_iiif_pres":"https://iiif.vam.ac.uk/collections/O493357/manifest.json","_alt_iiif_pres":[]}},"record":{"systemNumber":"O493357","accessionNumber":"FE.20-1976","objectType":"Figure of Dongfang Shuo","titles":[{"title":"Dongfang Shuo","type":"generic title"}],"summaryDescription":"","physicalDescription":"Bamboo figure of the alchemist Dongfang Shuo with long beard, holding a peach in his left hand and a branch of peaches in his right, wearing a long gown with a double-gourd hanging from his belt at the back.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"bamboo","id":"AAT11873"}],"techniques":[{"text":"carved","id":"AAT53149"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Bamboo, carved","categories":[{"text":"Daoism","id":"THES49032"}],"styles":[{"text":"Qing","id":"AAT18478"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"EAS","id":"THES48596"},"images":["2010EJ2073","2010EJ2072"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"44 (VA)","id":"THES49802"},"free":"","case":"CA57","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Figure of Dongfang Shuo","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"China","id":"x29398"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1700-1800","earliest":"1700-01-01","latest":"1800-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"16","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"From Register","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Figure of Dongfang Shuo, carved bamboo, China, Qing dynasty, 1\r700-1800","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Clunas, Craig. <u>Chinese Carving</u>. London: Sun Tree Publishing Ltd in association with the Victoria & Albert Museum, 1996. p. 56, fig. 61."}],"production":"<u>From Register</u>: The existence of pegs in the soles of the figure's feet suggests that it may once have had a fitted stand, or may have been part of a larger group.","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Dongfang Shuo","id":"N15287"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"東方朔","id":"CIT281193"},{"text":"蟠桃 (仙桃)","id":"CIT283682"},{"text":"老翁","id":"CIT286672"},{"text":"站立 (人體姿勢)","id":"CIT278931"},{"text":"巾","id":"CIT0292168"},{"text":"鬚 (人體面部)","id":"CIT288971"},{"text":"執持","id":"CIT282802"},{"text":"袍","id":"CIT289580"},{"text":"腰巾","id":"CIT0292296"},{"text":"鞋","id":"CIT0288715"},{"text":"枝","id":"CIT287096"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Figure of Dongfang Shuo\r\nQing dynasty\r\n1700-1800\r\n\r\nDongfang Shuo became an immortal by stealing the peaches of immortality from the garden of Xiwangmu. He is usually portrayed as an old man holding a peach branch.\r\n\r\nCarved bamboo\r\n\r\nMuseum no. FE.20-1976","date":{"text":"2009","earliest":"2009-01-01","latest":"2009-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["FE.20-1976"],"accessionNumberNum":"20","accessionNumberPrefix":"FE","accessionYear":1976,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-23","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-25","availableToBook":false}}