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China Ming Dynasty 3 Bronze Deities (Gods of Luck)

Fu Lu Shou are known as the Three Star Gods. The Chinese term is San Xing.

San means three in Chinese and Xing means star in Chinese.

They are often referred to collectively as Fu Lu Shou.

The Three Star Gods are popular lucky symbols for those who are into Feng Shui.

Anyone may feel free to display these three Chinese auspicious star gods in their home to enhance good fortune, prosperity and health.

The items on sale date from the 19^th Century

Size : all are 17 cm high with detailed aspects

All are in mint condition

The star of Fu (Xing) is dedicated to Jupiter which is considered very auspicious.

Lu (Xing) is dedicated to the sixth star of the Wen Chang cluster, in the West known as Ursa Majoris. Lu refers to salary and thus he is the star god of social status.

Shou Xing is the star god of longevity. He is often called the “Old man of the South Pole”.

They have emerged from Chinese folk religion. Their iconic representation as three, old, bearded, wise men dates back to the Ming dynasty, when the gods of the three stars were represented in human form for the first time. They are sometimes identified with other deities of the Chinese religion or of Taoism.

The term is commonly used in Chinese culture to denote the three attributes of a good life. Statues of these three gods are found on the facades of folk religion’s temples and ancestral shrines and in nearly every Chinese home. Traditionally, they are arranged right to left (so Shou is on the left of the viewer, Lu in the middle, and Fu on the far right), just as Chinese characters are traditionally written from right to left.