Li Tieguai
About this object
History of use
Narrative
Purchased by the donor from the ‘Shek Wan Art Pottery Exhibition’, Hong Kong. Their accompanying exhibition catalogue was signed by the artist.
Iconographic meaning
Li Tieguai (李鐵拐) is a mythological figure, one of the Eight Immortals (八仙). He is usually depicted carrying an iron-crutch and a gourd bottle containing medicine, but in this figure, he is shown sitting on a gourd.
Physical description
Shiwan stoneware figure of Li Tieguai, the Daoist immortal who represents the sick and poor, dressed in beggar’s clothes and seated, with hands on his right knee, on a large double calabash gourd (hulu), glazed in copper red. The male figure is partially wrapped in a white blanket, and wearing a white knotted headband. Underneath him is a long crutch. The piece is hollow and stamped with the artist's seal along the bottom edge. Characters written along interior.
Date Made
C. 1981
Date Acquired
30 Jun 2021
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
Overall: 25.8 cm x 23 cm x 16.2 cm
Object Number
3510/6