Plaque in the Form of Hsi Wang Mu, Queen Mother of the West, late 2nd century, 8 9/16 x 11 1/2 in. ( x cm), Gilt bronze, China, 2nd century, The Queen Mother of the west, Hsi Wang Mu, is shown seated at her throne with a winged tiger and dragon rampant at either side. Wearing a crown and voluminous robes, she faces south with the dragon protecting the east and the tiger, the west. Hsi Wang Mu was the Queen of Mount Kun lun, the sacred mountain of immortality, and by Eastern Han (25-220 ) she had been incorporated into the Taoist pantheon.

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