Modeled as the drunken poet wearing a scholar's cap, holding a hu tablet while leaning against a wine jar applied on the interior with a small biscuit turtle. Length 19,5 cm.
Small firingcracks.
Li Bai, (701–762), was a Chinese poet acclaimed from his own day to the present as a genius and a romantic figure who took traditional poetic forms to new heights. He and his friend Du Fu (712–770) were the two most prominent figures in the flourishing of Chinese poetry in the Tang dynasty, which is often called the "Golden Age of Chinese Poetry". The expression "Three Wonders" denote Li Bai's poetry, Pei Min's swordplay, and Zhang Xu's calligraphy.