Large wooden statue LIU-HAI-- 劉海 - China - Rare - Wood of roses - China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)

Beautiful wooden sculpture depicting LIU-HAi, China, Qing dynasty - circa 1890 - transformed into a lamp holder in the 1950s - in excellent condition,
height 54 cm - will be shipped professionally packaged and insured, with certificate of authenticity.
LIU-HAi- 劉海

Translated from English-Liu Haichan was a xian Taoist who was a patriarch of the Quanzhen school and a master of neidan "internal alchemy" techniques. Liu Haichan is associated with other Taoist transcendents, notably Zhongli Quan and Lü Dongbin, two of the Eight Immortals. Wikipedia (English)