{"product_id":"sweeping-monk-statue","title":"Sweeping Monk Statue","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Chinese, calling somebody a sweeping monk is a compliment, and a fairly serious one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e掃地僧 comes from a martial arts novel almost everyone in China has read.\u003c\/strong\u003e An old monk has swept the floor of the Shaolin library for decades. Nobody knows his name and nobody has ever looked at him twice. When the fighting finally reaches him he turns out to be the most formidable person in the building, and it is not close. The phrase has long since escaped the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe white cat comes with it, free.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is in the first photograph and no other, so it is easy to miss. Glazed porcelain, red collar, small brass bell, tail up, walking straight across the floor he has just finished. Anyone who has swept a room with a cat in the house needs no further explanation, and it is a neat accident that the work being undone is exactly the point of sweeping as a practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor anyone who is quietly good at something and does not go on about it.\u003c\/strong\u003e It makes a better gift for a colleague than it sounds, because it flatters the person receiving it without ever saying so out loud.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere to put it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA desk, a study shelf, a bookcase, a windowsill. Eye level or below, and it needs nothing built around it. Unglazed clay takes a stain from tea and oil, so keep the monk off the tea tray and dust him with a dry brush rather than a wet cloth. The cat is glazed and can simply be wiped.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFigure:\u003c\/strong\u003e Standing monk with a broom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Unglazed sand clay, matte with a coarse grain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 15.3 x 7 x 6.8cm \/ 6 x 2.8 x 2.7in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ochre robe with a grey blue collar band, dark clay face, hands and broom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIncluded free:\u003c\/strong\u003e White cute porcelain cat, glazed, red collar and bell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIntention:\u003c\/strong\u003e Focus and quiet competence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNote:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hand finished, so the robe colour and the face vary a little between pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dry brush the monk and do not soak him. The cat can be wiped\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Earth Tibet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52563685769518,"sku":"14:200006151#A","price":102.45,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/4807\/7102\/files\/sweeping-monk-statue-1.webp?v=1788944797","url":"https:\/\/www.earthtibet.com\/products\/sweeping-monk-statue","provider":"Earth Tibet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}