Painting Depicting a Daoist God, China, 18th/19th century, seated on a rock in nature with peach trees, lingzhi mushrooms, and auspicious clouds surrounding a halo behind his head, accompanied with an attendant and a male offerer, inscribed with date reading "2nd year of Yuanzhen" (1296) and signature reading "Jiqing Shanren Jin Yinggui" (dates unknown), ink and color on cotton, framed and glazed, painting 43 1/8 x 17 1/4 in.
Estimate $700-900

discoloration and color fading, loss of pigments to some areas, mildew in progress to some areas, not examined out of frame.


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