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Portrait of a Taoist Deity
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Portrait of a Taoist Deity

CultureChinese
Date1368
MediumHanging scroll; colors and gold on silk
DimensionsOverall: 96 × 47 1/8 inches (243.84 × 119.7 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number33-1466
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DescriptionHead and shoulders of a man holding a small gold ball in left palm, right hand raised. Gold crown on head, red gold and varied colored robe.Exhibition History

US Army Training Center, Fort Leonard Wood, MO.  "Far Eastern Art Exhibit," May 1968.

Provenance

Purchased on the Chinese art market, through Laurence Sickman, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.


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