Hsi Wang Mu Size:XS: 20 x 15cm Picture taken: 15th November 1965

Picture taken: 15th November 1965

The scene may illustrate the San Guo Zhi 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms'

neck and spine

4 litre Cadillac engine

hold an alms dish between them

Hsi Wang Mu Size:XS: 20 x 15cm Picture taken: 15th November 1965Hsi Wang Mu, ancient Chinese goddess, 1922. A goddess who is thought to predate Taoism, but is now associated with it, Hsi Wang Mu is known as the Golden Mother of the Tortoise and the wife of the August Personage of Jade. She was formed of the pure quintessence of western air and presides over banquets of immortality. From Myths and Legends of China, by Edward TC Werner, published by George G Harrap & Co, 1922.