- Bib ID:
- 7253435
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- [Canton?] : [publisher not identified], [1840?]
- 1 painting : watercolour ; 32 x 21.5 cm
- Series:
- Pith painting and trade art collections.
- Summary:
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A set of watercolor drawings on pith paper with original decorated silk Sunqua label showing figures in imperial Qing dynasty China and four of gods (including Zhong Kui, the Ghost Warrior) worshiped as door guards who could exorcise evil spirits and stop disasters.
- Notes:
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- Original painting on pith paper.
- Part of the collection: Zhongguo men shen ren wu he Qing dai da guan gui ren tu ji = Court figures in Qing dynasty China and Chinese gods, 1840?
- Title devised by cataloguer based on the image.
- Watercolour on pith paper backed on plain mianlin paper, pasted down with blue silk ribbon.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-93343971
- Subject:
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- Also Titled:
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- Zhongguo men shen ren wu : Guan gong
- Chinese door guard figure : Guan Yu
- Court figures in Qing dynasty China and Chinese gods. Chinese door guard figure : Guan Yu
- 中國門神人物: 關公
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- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1910 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Artistic
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1840
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