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Title

Ceremonial painting - Lingbao Tianzun

1955

Artist

Yao people

China

  • Details

    Other Title
    Heavenly Worth of the Sacred Jewel
    Place where the work was made
    Yunnan Province → China
    Cultural origin
    Mian
    Date
    1955
    Media category
    Painting
    Materials used
    pigment on paper
    Dimensions
    83.0 x 41.3 cm
    Credit
    Gift of Dr John Yu and Dr George Soutter 2006
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    272.2006
    Copyright

    Reproduction requests

    Artist information
    Yao people

    Works in the collection

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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Yunnan Province

  • Provenance

    John Yu, 1980s-2006, Sydney/New South Wales/Australia, the nine Yao ceremonial paintings donated by Dr John Yu were purchased from different locations including Xian in Shaanxi province of China, Bangkok, Shanghai and Hong Kong.

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