Title: Daoist immortal Laozi
Object type: Figure
Date: 1438
Culture: China
Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Artist:  Chen Yanqing 
Artist bio: active 15th century
Artist nationality: Chinese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Gilt copper alloy
Dimensions: H. 7 1/2 in. (19 cm); W. 4 3/4 in. (12 cm); D. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Classification: Metalwork
Credit line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 1997
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Daoism