A SERIES OF FIVE SMALL YAO CEREMONIAL PAINTINGS

Description:

China, Yao/Mien culture, Qing dynasty, 19th c.
je 49 x 22 cm (66 x 37,5 cm R.)/50 x 28,5 cm (64,3 x 42,5 cm R.)
Pigments on paper, small hanging scrolls, framed and glazed (modern frames). Depicted are: Zuzong (ancestors [reduced reproduction of "Heng Fei", the whole altar/administration]), Tianfu Difu Gongcao (Liaison Officers of the Governors of the Skies and the Underworld), Yangjian Shuifu Gongcao (Liaison Officers of the Governors of the This World and The Waters), Wuqi Bingma (Horsemen of the Five Banners) and Jin Zhai (The Enforcer of Fasting).
From an old German private collection, collected before 2007 - Usual damaged due to age, creased, part. slightly wear - Cf. Jacques Lemoine: Yao Ceremonial Paintings. Bangkok, 1982: pp. 46-49