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McCall (donor of the McCall Wing of the City Museum of St. Louis). According to this note from the Hammer Galleries, the McCall Collection, in point of quality as well as range of objects, is without doubt one of the greatest private art collections in the United States."},{"label":"Genre","value":["Artifacts"]},{"label":"Object Location","value":"J.10"},{"label":"Date","value":"D:00 M:00 Y:1736 - D:00 M:00 Y:1795"},{"label":"Date Original","value":"18th century CE (1736-1795 CE)"},{"label":"Era","value":["Qianlong reign","Qing dynasty"]},{"label":"Measurement","value":"Statue: 16 cm; Wooden base: 2 2/3 cm"},{"label":"Medium","value":["Light green jade with heavy dark green and imperial green inclusions, close to opaque","Jade"]},{"label":"Country of Origin","value":["China"]},{"label":"Description","value":"This is the earliest representation of the Queen Mother of the West, Xi Wang Mu, referred by the Zhuangzi (a philosophical text), as an exemplary being who had achieved the dao. She was living in the Shaoguang Mountain; no one had knowledge of her beginning or her end. She wears a flower and a sheng crown on her hair, which is often shaped on a transverse rod with discs at its ends, as clearly shown here. She also wears a stylized long-sleeved garment and a flapping sash. This motif is one of the principal ways of identifying the deity. Birds such as peacocks and cranes are always associated with the image of Xi Wang Mu. She is flanked by a tall, upright, compacted-body bird that bears resemblance to a crane. It has very straight legs and a long curved beak, is represented standing next to the deity, and is braced against her long, right sleeve. The crane confers immortality and may indeed have an escorting function. The figure of Xi Wang Mu is carried out in low relief with clear instance under the swept-over waist sash. She also carries on her right hand a long fly flap or chowry, an ancient Taoist emblem of immortality (sometimes an emblem of royalty or rank, if seen with a different figure), usually made of yak-tails or coir. The stylized lotus motif for the wooden base can confuse viewers that this is a representation of Guanyin. The above description may help reaffirm that this is indeed a Xi Wang Mu figure.; Kuan Yin; Quan Yin"},{"label":"Title","value":"Xi Wang Mu with bird"},{"label":"Rights","value":"Materials available through GettDigital encompass a wide range of works, many of which are in the public domain. However, some items may still be protected by copyright or other intellectual property rights. Users are responsible for determining the copyright status of materials and ensuring compliance with all applicable laws when reproducing or publishing these works. Items in our GettDigital Collections are for educational use. For assistance in understanding rights, obtaining permissions, or requesting files for publication or research purposes, please contact us at <a href=\"www.gettysburg.edu/special-collections/ask-an-archivist\">www.gettysburg.edu/special-collections/ask-an-archivist</a>"},{"label":"Reference URL","value":"http://cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4016coll6/id/617"}],"description":"Xi Wang Mu with bird","sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","canvases":[{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/252d9b64-9a8e-4af4-9a2d-a0b21ec81417/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"Xi Wang Mu with bird","height":768,"width":512,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/252d9b64-9a8e-4af4-9a2d-a0b21ec81417/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/252d9b64-9a8e-4af4-9a2d-a0b21ec81417","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":512,"scaleFactors":[1,2]}]},"height":768,"width":512},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/252d9b64-9a8e-4af4-9a2d-a0b21ec81417/canvas/_1","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/252d9b64-9a8e-4af4-9a2d-a0b21ec81417/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}}]}],"thumbnail":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/252d9b64-9a8e-4af4-9a2d-a0b21ec81417/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","logo":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/logo"}