Chinese Standing Figure of General Guan Yu

Mid-stride on a bank of clouds, halberd trailing, beard swept to one side.

This standing figure of General Guan Yu comes from China and is contemporary, in porcelain. Guan Yu, the Three Kingdoms general later honored as a god of loyalty and martial virtue, is one of the most familiar figures in Chinese art, recognizable by his long beard and crescent-bladed halberd. The figure is a matte white throughout. He turns slightly, one hand gripping the halberd as its blade angles to the ground, the other raised to his shoulder. Dragon scales cover the armor beneath a draped robe, and the base is carved with curling clouds. It is 19.5 inches high, 16 wide and 9 deep.

Every inch the general, even in white.