A LARGE INK AND COLOR ON SILK PAINTING OF GUANDI EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY Painted in ink and color on silk, the God of War is shown standing with his left hand raised to hold his long beard and his right extended to hold his long blade. He wears a long robe decorated in front with a leaping dragon and underneath the armor decorated with lion-form epaulet on the shoulder, his hair is pulled up and tied beneath a cloth cap, and his face has a fierce expression. The painting is inscribed in a cartouche at the proper lower left corner, xing bu qi xin lang Zhou Tiancheng deng zao (made by court official translators including Zhou Tiancheng). The painting is set within an elaborately carved gilt-wood frame with commemorative panel reading 'THIS CANTON CARVED FRAME Presented to INDIA HOUSE by MR. W.E. BEMIS, One of the Governors', and with inscriptions at either corner reading Zhao Sanyou zao (made by Zhao Sanyou) and Yuedong Sheng Yuan Chang Xi (Yuedong province Yuan Chang Xi [probably the name of the individual who commissioned the frame]). 103 x 60 ½ in. (261.6 x 153.7 cm.), including frame
A LARGE INK AND COLOR ON SILK PAINTING OF GUANDI EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY Painted in ink and color on silk, the God of War is shown standing with his left hand raised to hold his long beard and his right extended to hold his long blade. He wears a long robe decorated in front with a leaping dragon and underneath the armor decorated with lion-form epaulet on the shoulder, his hair is pulled up and tied beneath a cloth cap, and his face has a fierce expression. The painting is inscribed in a cartouche at the proper lower left corner, xing bu qi xin lang Zhou Tiancheng deng zao (made by court official translators including Zhou Tiancheng). The painting is set within an elaborately carved gilt-wood frame with commemorative panel reading 'THIS CANTON CARVED FRAME Presented to INDIA HOUSE by MR. W.E. BEMIS, One of the Governors', and with inscriptions at either corner reading Zhao Sanyou zao (made by Zhao Sanyou) and Yuedong Sheng Yuan Chang Xi (Yuedong province Yuan Chang Xi [probably the name of the individual who commissioned the frame]). 103 x 60 ½ in. (261.6 x 153.7 cm.), including frame
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