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Daoist deity of water


三官圖軸:水官 (舊傳 吳道子)
Formerly attributed to: Wu Daozi (Chinese, A.D. 710–760)
Chinese
Southern Song dynasty
first half of the 12th century

Medium/Technique Ink, color, and gold on silk
Dimensions Other (Image): 125.5 × 55.9 cm (49 7/16 × 22 in.)
Framed: 229.2 × 76.2 cm (90 1/4 × 30 in.)
Credit Line Chinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession Number12.882
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

ProvenanceSaid to come from the Imperial Collection. May, 1912, purchased in Beijing by Okakura Kakuzo (b. 1862 - d. 1913) for the MFA. (Accession Date: September 5, 1912)