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Image Not Available for Painting: man being summoned to Paradise
Painting: man being summoned to Paradise
Image Not Available for Painting: man being summoned to Paradise
Object Number 999-19-60/14572
Display Title Painting: man being summoned to Paradise
Descriptions
Object Description Painting on sheet; man in mandarin robe carrying scroll and two attendants descending on cloud from Paradise (the West) to summon the man in green. Figure to far left with two fangs is ghost. Figure in pointed cap is unidentified. Made for export.
Inventory Description Painting, man being summoned to Paradise
Classification
  • Painting
Subject
  • Death
  • Afterlife
  • Ghost
Department Prints and Drawings
Date 19th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China / <State> / <County> / Canton
Materials Watercolor Gouache Pith Medium weight wove paper
Dimensions Overall: 22.5 x 33.8 cm (8 7/8 x 13 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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