明 佚名 北斗中斗本命星君衆圖 軸, Star Deities of the Northern and Central Dippers, Unidentified Artist Chinese, active mid-15th century

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明 佚名 北斗中斗本命星君衆圖 軸, Star Deities of the Northern and Central Dippers, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Jingtai period (1450–56), dated 1454, China, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Image: 54 11/16 x 30 9/16 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist Chinese, active mid-15th century, This depiction of Daoist deities was once part of a set of paintings used in the Buddhist water-and-land ritual and commissioned by the emperor, as attested to by the inscription in the lower left: 'By imperial order, directed and supervised by the senior eunuchs of the Directorate of the Imperial Household Service, Shang Yi, Wang Qin, and others

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