Investiture of a Daoist Deity, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), inscription dated 1641, China, Handscroll; ink color, and gold on silk, Image: 19 in. × 30 ft. 3/4 in. (48.3 × 916.3 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist, This painting, an unsigned work of a provincial atelier, is a rare example of popular religious art. Modeled on imperial commendation scrolls, with their ornamental borders of dragons chasing flaming pearls, the scroll illustrates the investiture of a local god into the Daoist pantheon
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