Hand Crafted Carving Monkey King. Sun Wukong. Xuan Zang. Boxwood. Shandong, China

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The Monkey King – aka Sun Wukong – is a legendary warrior best known as the esotericstuff.com character in the 16th Century novel, “Journey to the West”. But this warrior’s reputation predates this novel where stories and adaptations can be traced all the way back to the Song… Continue reading →

Item Number: S-6541
Provenance/Origin: Hand carved in Linyi (in Shandong Province) China. Circa 2000
Composition: Boxwood
Dimensions: 9.25" tall x 3" wide x 2" deep (statue WITHOUT headgear)
Weight: 1 pound with box
Price: $ 165.00 USD

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