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Standing Warrior, Marshal Canopy (Yòu tiān péng yuánshuài)

Standing warrior, Marshal Canopy, a Taoist Dharma protector.(Yòu tiān péng yuánshuài)Marshal Canopy is one of the four sages of the North Pole. He was originally one of the stars of the Big Dipper and was worshipped as the God of Stars. Later, as a subordinate general of Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole, he was personified as the general who ruled Beidou and Fengdu.  In the Ming and Qing dynasties, Zhu Bajie was mistaken for Marshal Tianpeng due to the popularity of the novel "Journey to the West".

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Gouache
Dimensions
Height: 41 cm
Width: 30 cm
Height: 53 cm
Width: 39 cm
Material/Technique
Paper, Watercolours, Paper (cardboard)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I D 12150

Provenance and sources

when
Qing (Manchu) dynasty (end)
where
China [Land]
who
Hans Gierke (de.fiz.ddb.model.ddbobject.WhenType$Begin@c21cf7c - de.fiz.ddb.model.ddbobject.WhenType$End@711ea3c9) - Collectors
Kupferstichkabinett (Berlin) - Former Possessors
Description
Acquired by the Kupferstichkabinett from Hans Gierke before 1890. 1890, transfer from the Kupferstichkabinett to the Museum für Völkerkunde

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