Feng Shui Fuk Luk Sau Shiwan Ceramics Pottery
These artistic figurines of the famous and beloved Fuk Luk Sau or three lucky immortals are skillfully hand-sculpted out of Shiwan ceramic by a professional art master from Shiwan, China. These figures demonstrate the superb skills of its sculpture and are characterized by their life-like and human warmth expressions.
Fuk Luk Sau, also known as the Trinity Deities personify the three important aspirations of mankind: Prosperity, Authority and Longevity.
Representing happiness and wealth, Fuk deity is shown carrying a gold ingot. Luk deity is depicted holding a scepter of office called Ru Yi to symbolize authority and rank. Luk deity always stands in the center and ensures excellent career success. Sau deity is depicted as carrying a staff and a peach, also known as the fruit of immortality. He symbolizes good health and longevity.
Fuk Luk Sau radiate boundless inner harmony and great warmth. Seldom missing from any Chinese home that believes in Feng Shui, the Chinese strongly believe that if you place the Fuk Luk Sau in a place of prominence in your dining and living room, they will bring you harmony and continuous good fortune for the household. These Star Gods are rarely worshipped at an altar. They are regarded more as symbolic representations than as deities, and thus have little religious significance.
This is a work of art made to impress. Absolutely worth collecting, perfect for oriental art collectors and Feng Shui enthusiasts with an eye for beauty, class and quality! A masterpiece that makes an outstanding gift too.
About Shiwan Ceramic
Shiwan has a long history of ceramic sculpture, with many vivid works by generations of craftsmen. Shiwan's ceramics technique was shaped in Tang and Song Dynasty and flourished during Ming and Qing Dynasty. Shiwan's 5000-year-long ceramic making history has accumulated the rich and abundant ceramic culture, and won the high prestige of the "Capital of Ceramic in South China". The potters of Buy-Fengshui.com's Shiwan ceramic range are highly skilled artisans who have inherited and developed the exquisite tradition of Shiwan ceramic techniques from their forefathers.
Shiwan ceramics is without question far superior than any other ceramic and porcelain sculptures in terms of its multifarious techniques, modeling, vivid and realistic expression, and rich colorful glazes and painting. Shiwan ceramic artist will usually leave the flesh areas (face and hand) of the figurine unglazed, resulting in a more detailed and warm human expression, bringing life to their creation. This is a characteristic that distinguishes Shiwan ceramics.
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