Chinese Standing Figure of General Guan Yu

One hand on the halberd, the other at a beard that reaches his belt.

This standing figure of General Guan Yu comes from China and is contemporary, made in porcelain. Guan Yu, a general of the Three Kingdoms period, came to be venerated in China as a god of loyalty and righteousness, and he is usually shown with a long beard and his crescent-bladed halberd. Here the porcelain is a matte white, which brings out every detail of the dragon-scaled armor, flowing robes and stern, heavy-browed face. He stands on a rocky base, the halberd's long blade angled toward the ground. It is 20.25 inches high, 10.5 wide and 8.5 deep.

Loyalty, it turns out, looks very good in white.