Ming dynasty (1368-1644), 16th century, ink and colors on silk, a Water and Land Ritual painting illustrating various groups of Daoist gods and deities with inscribed titles to each group in red rectangular cartouches, formally a hanging scroll now framed in a gold gilt art deco style frame, frame label from New York, 1972, not examined outside of the frame.


DOA 69 x 38.25 in.

This painting would have been from a larger group commissioned for the Buddhist Water and Land Ritual, a rite that was intended to deliver all sentient beings from hell. Although a Buddhist rite, many of these paintings include Daoist gods and folk deities.
A similar painting sold at Christie's, London May 15, 2018, lot 154.

Horizontal creases to silk; a spot of discoloration to upper right area; a 24 in. vertical repair to right hand side.

$1,000 - 2,000