Medicine Deity Item Number: 3082/7 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Watercolour and ink painting of a Chinese medicine deity, produced for the lunar New Year. The painting is adhered to a long scroll of heavy paper covered with white silk, attached to a wood scroll bar. A brown ribbon is attached at top. The image shows the god seated on the back of a yellow tiger, holding a needle in one hand and grasping the beard of a gold and green dragon flying overhead with the other. Two attendants stand to either side of the god at his elbows, one holding a bottle, the other a box. All figures wear long, grey, belted robes.
Item History
What
- Name
- Medicine Deity
- Identification Number
- 3082/7
- Type of Item
- painting
- Overall
- height 217.5 cm, width 73.0 cm, depth 4.3 cm
- Image
- height 86.0 cm, width 47.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Chinese
- Creator
- Xingru Wang (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- April Liu
- Received from
- April Liu (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Mianzhu, Sichuan, China
When
- Creation Date
- during 2004
- Ownership Date
- before October 27, 2014
- Acquisition Date
- on October 27, 2014
Other
- Item Classes
- paintings; works on paper
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3082/0007