This image depicts Bingyi (冰夷), also known as Hebo (河伯).
Date
1597
date QS:P571,+1597-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
Woodblock print
Collection
National Library of China, Beijing
Place of creation
China during the Ming dynasty
References
Richard E. Strassberg, editor and translator (2002). A Chinese Bestiary: Strange Creatures from the Guideways Through Mountains and Seas. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN0-520-21844-2.
Source/Photographer
Original from:Classic of Mountains and Seas (1597 edition), plate LXI. Reproduced in: Richard E. Strassberg, editor and translator (2002). A Chinese Bestiary: Strange Creatures from the Guideways Through Mountains and Seas. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN0-520-21844-2.
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