General Guan Yu on Horseback, late 17th century, 9 5/16 x 6 11/16 x 4 in. ( x x cm), Bronze, silver, China, 17th century, Guan Yu (160–219) was a military general under the warlord Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period (220–280), and one of the best-known Chinese historical figures throughout East Asia. True accounts of Guan Yu’s life have largely given way to semifictional ones. He is traditionally portrayed as a red-faced warrior with a long, lush beard. This bronze statue of Guan Yu was sculpted in a popular iconic form of the time

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