明 佚名 北斗中斗本命星君衆圖 軸, Star Deities of the Northern and Central Dippers, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Jingtai period (1450–56), dated 1454, China, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Image: 54 11/16 x 30 9/16 in. (138.9 x 77.6 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist Chinese, active mid-15th century, This depiction of Daoist deities was once part of a set of paintings used in the Buddhist water-and-land ritual and commissioned by the emperor, as attested to by the inscription in the lower left: 'By imperial order, directed and supervised by the senior eunuchs of the Directorate of the Imperial Household Service, Shang Yi, Wang Qin, and others
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明, 佚名, 北斗中斗本命星君衆圬軸, Star Deities, Northern, Central Dippers, Ming dynasty, 1368–1644, Jingtai period, 1450–56, dated 1454, China, Hanging scroll, ink, color, silk, Image, 54 11/16 x 30 9/16, 138.9 77.6 cm, Paintings, Unidentified Artist Chinese, active mid-15th century, depiction, Daoist deities, part, set, paintings, Buddhist water, land ritual, commissioned, emperor, attested, inscription, lower left, imperial order, directed, supervised, senior eunuchs, Directorate, Imperial Household, Service, Shang Yi, Wang Qin
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