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Taoist Painting

Taoist Ceremonial Scroll Painting, circa 1870
Located in Chicago, IL
This colorful painted scroll is a Taoist ceremonial painting attributed to the Yao or Mien minority
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings

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Paper

Chinese Reverse Glass Painting of Taoist Immortals, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Popularized during the Qing dynasty, reverse glass painting requires an artist to essentially work
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Early 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

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Glass, Wood

Taoist Hand-Painted Portrait on Parchment Paper in Custom Frame
Located in Yonkers, NY
essence of Taoism in a visually striking manner. At the center of the painting is a venerable Taoist sage
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings

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Composition

Mandarin Taoist Ceremonial Chinese Scroll Portrait Painting in Custom Frame
Located in Yonkers, NY
Mandarin Taoist Chinese ceremonial scroll portrait painting in custom plexiglass frame. Exuding an
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Prints

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Plexiglass, Paper

Framed Korean Folk Shamanistic Painting of Seven Stars
Located in Atlanta, GA
painting is of a prototype in its composition and stylization, with six stars dressed in flowing Taoist
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Early 20th Century Korean Folk Art Paintings and Screens

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Textile

Immortal He Xiangu Painting on Canvas, China, 19th Century Asian Art
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Chinese painting depicting He Xiangu reproduced three times but with a different attribute: up a
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

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Canvas

Émile François Jacques Compard, Oil on Woodwork, Abstract Composition
Located in Copenhagen, DK
, Compard came to experiment with the non-figurative. Compard was also greatly influenced by Taoist
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Vintage 1940s French Modern Paintings

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Other

Tall Vintage Chinese Export Reverse Glass Painted Hardwood Framed Hanging Panel
Located in Austin, TX
carved with a stylized "Shou" character to the top center, surrounded by Taoist symbols to the top panel
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

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Glass, Hardwood

Japanese Screen, 19th Century, Rabbits and Horsetail Reeds on Silver Leaf
By Nenma
Located in Kyoto, JP
Chinese-Taoist tale tells of a hare that resides in the moon and pounds magic herbs in order to make an
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Silver Leaf

Chinese Framed Print of Tang Dynasty Painting
By Han-Kan
Located in Savannah, GA
capital of the Tang dynasty (618 -907). He painted Buddhist and Taoist wall paintings but became mostly
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Prints

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Chrome

Li Yuan-Chia Cosmic Point Multiple Mix Media Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
paintings. According to the artist, the symbol of the circle – the cosmic point – incites a spiritual
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Vintage 1960s Asian Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art

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Steel, Magnets

Antique Chinese Rug - Late 19th Century Antique Chinese Rug, Antique Chinese Rug
Located in Sultanahmet, 34
antique rugs are determined by patterns of porcelain painting or silk weaving. Taoist and Buddhist
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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Wool

19th Century Chinese Lacquered Wooden Plate
Located in New York, NY
a Folklore scene. Gilt painting of a Folklore story singed front an back. The two persons appear to
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Lacquer

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Elm

19th Century Chinese Carved Wooden Altar God
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Ching Dynasty carved polychrome seated Taoist altar god was once used on the family altar to
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Antique Early 19th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood, Paint

Ming Dynasty Songzi Guanyin with Child
Located in Dallas, TX
providing an exclusive curated collection of Fine Arts, Paintings, Bronzes, Asian treasures, Art Glass and
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Antique 16th Century Chinese Ming Figurative Sculptures

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Pottery

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Antique Hand-Painted Annamese Ceramic Garden Stool from Vietnam, circa 1900
Located in Yonkers, NY
Vietnamese Annamese Elephant Garden Seat circa 1900 with light brown glaze, blue and green accents. Showcasing the grace and charm of Annamese artistry, this Vietnamese Elephant Gard...
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Early 20th Century Vietnamese Garden Ornaments

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Ceramic

Set of Ten Qing Style Porcelain Plates after Lang Shining
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Magnificent set of ten hand painted enameled porcelain plates made in the Qianlong period style after Lang Shining (July 1688-July 1766 Italian). Born in Milano, Italy Giuseppe Casti...
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20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

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Brass

Chinese Vintage Porcelain Cache-Pot Planter with Blue and White Landscape
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese vintage porcelain cache-pot planter from the mid 20th century with hand-painted blue and white décor depicting landscapes, architectures and figures in boats patterns. Crea...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

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Porcelain

18th Century Tibetan Thangka Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
A rare striking 18th century Tibetan Thangka depicting the Green Tara seated on a lotus throne ready to step down to offer comfort and protection for all suffering beings. Her right ...
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Antique 18th Century Tibetan Tibetan Paintings and Screens

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Linen, Paint

18th Century Tibetan Thangka Painting
18th Century Tibetan Thangka Painting
H 33 in W 25 in D 0.75 in
Chinese Qing Dynasty Ancestor Portrait, Senior Official First Rank, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
An impressively sized 19th century Chinese Qing dynasty ancestral portrait painting of a senior official of the first rank in bamboo frame with silk mat. Displays crisp, fine lin...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Bamboo, Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper

Rare & Collectable Vintage Chinese Export Hardstone Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this extremely well made and highly collectable Chinese Export circa 1940’s Hardstone room divider folding screen. A truly stunning and exquisit...
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Vintage 1940s Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

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Stone

Vintage Chinese Faux Bamboo Demi-Lune Console Table with Landscape Décor
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage Chinese demilune console table from the Mid-20th Century with faux bamboo, dark brown patina and hand painted décor. Created in China during the Midcentury period, this dem...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Demi-lune Tables

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Faux Bamboo

Tibetan Thangka Depicting the Bhavacakra, Early 20th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A Tibetan Thangka Depicting The Bhavacakra Early 20th century, Color on cloth. A thangka showing the bhavacakra with the ancient five cyclic realms of samsara in Buddhi...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

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Linen

19th Century Chinese Silk Embroidery Panel
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Exquisite piece of antique embroidery from the 19th century with supporting documents from Hong Kong. Two sleeves of high officials combined to create an intricate panel. The art tel...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Textiles

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Plexiglass, Wood, Silk

Pair of Mid 20th Century Chinese Reverse Paintings on Glass
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of fabulous vintage Chinese reverse paintings on glass. Most likely made for export in mid 20th century. Very fine detail and great original condition. Original lacquer frames...
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Framed Chinese Ancestor Portrait Depicting a Man in Golden Robes
Located in New York, NY
Chinese ancestor portrait depicting a man in flowing golden robes decorated with medalions featuring dragons, seated above a floor featuring additional dragon designs in a heavy rect...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Chinese Taoist Carved Wood Deity, Ming/Qing Dynasty, mid 17th century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A charming Chinese carved wood figure of a Taoist deity, possibly for a home or personal shrine, late Ming or early Qing Dynasty, mid 17th century, Southern China. The unidentified...
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Antique Mid-17th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Large Thai 1950s Green Glazed Ceramic Planter with Brown Lip and Tapering Body
Located in Yonkers, NY
A large Thai green glazed ceramic jar from the mid 20th century with brown lip and nicely weathered appearance. Charming us with its large proportions and slightly weathered appearan...
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Mid-20th Century Thai Planters and Jardinieres

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Ceramic

Indian Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art Painting
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Indian hand-painted folk art painting depicting six maidens and a musician. Introducing an enchanting piece of Indian heritage, an antique folk art painting that vividly c...
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Early 20th Century Indian Paintings and Screens

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Brass

Annamese 19th Century Planter with Green Glaze Décor
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique 19th century Annamese green, blue and ocher planter from Vietnam with scrolling decor, clouds, traces of dragon motifs and distressed patina. Handcrafted in Vietnam during...
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Antique 19th Century Vietnamese Planters and Jardinieres

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Ceramic

Chinese Early Qing Dynasty "Water and Land Ritual" Painting, 17th Century
Located in Austin, TX
An important Chinese 17th century early Qing Dynasty "Water and Land Ritual" painting, mineral pigment and ink on silk, mounted as a scroll, framed and glazed. The painting depic...
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Glass, Giltwood, Paint

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Chinese Taoist Painting of Shangqing, Blue Background, 18th Century
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Taoist painting, ink, colors and gold on paper of the 2nd deity in the Taoist trinity of
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

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Paint

Hokkien Chinese Taoist Painting of Seven Haloed "Northern Dipper" Deities
By Cheng Zhong
Located in Bangkok, TH
A painting commissioned by Taoist devotee "Mr. Jia" of Gao Xi district in Fujian painted by "Cheng
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Early 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Taoist Temple Scroll, framed
Located in Chicago, IL
two flanking male attendants, one civilian and one military. Taoist paintings of this age and quality
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Paintings

Taoist Temple Scroll, framed
Located in Chicago, IL
This exceptionally well preserved painting shows both the abundance and elegance of 18th century
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Paintings

Green Tara, the Bodhisattva of Enlightened Activity Painting by Mayumi Oda
By Mayumi Oda
Located in Honolulu, HI
Original painting of Green Tara, the Bodhisattva of action and enlightened activity. Painted with
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2010s Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Watercolor

Chinese Eight Panel Coromandel Lacquer Screen
Located in Chicago, IL
of inspiration for painting, poetry and calligraphy. The tradition of natural forms as sculpture
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20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Lacquer

Monumental Antique 8 Panel Chinese Black Lacquer Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in Dayton, OH
are revered by the Taoists and are also a popular element in secular Chinese culture. They are said to
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

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Hardwood, Lacquer

Grand Chinese Glazed Relief Urn, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
of good fortune. Intricate paintings on its surface depict respected Taoist deities and immortals who
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

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Ceramic

Chinese Provincial Four Seasons Coffer, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
. The center panels are painted with two Taoist immortals and the outer with bird-and-flower paintings
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20th Century Chinese Qing Buffets

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Wood, Lacquer

Antique Chinese Porcelain Plate Qianlong Imperial Quality Ma Gu Xian Shou
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
. The paste is of the highest quality as are the painting and cobalt. Maiden Magu is the Chinese
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

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Porcelain

Han Dynasty Cocoon Pottery Decorated Jar
Located in Dallas, TX
, evoking the celestial realm and the Taoist immortal paradise. Cocoon-shaped jar Earthenware with
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Jars

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Pottery

Han Dynasty Cocoon Pottery Decorated Jar
Han Dynasty Cocoon Pottery Decorated Jar
H 12.25 in W 13 in D 8.5 in
Qing Dynasty Chinese Porcelain Vase with Lid and Hand Painted Decoration
Located in Prato, Tuscany
painting and the coordinated combination of colors is typical of the late 1800. On the body of the vase
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Porcelain

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Porcelain

Korean Painted Portrait of the Yan Emperor, Joseon Dynasty 18th Century, Korea
Located in Austin, TX
An extremely rare and important Korean Taoist painting of Nambang Yeomje, the Yan Emperor, Emperor
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Antique 18th Century Korean Paintings and Screens

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Paint, Canvas, Glass

Japanese Hanging Scroll, Taoist Scholar and Student, by Gogaku, 18th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A Japanese hanging scroll painting, kakemono or kakejiku, of a Taoist scholar and student, by
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Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Paper

Framed Korean Folk Shamanistic Painting of Polaris and Seven Stars
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean folk painting watercolor on linen (silk) with a cloth mat and walnut wood frame. The work
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Antique Late 19th Century Korean Folk Art Paintings and Screens

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Textile

20th Century Chinese Four-Panel Coromandel Screen Immortals
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stunning Mid-20th century Chinese four-panel Coromandel screen depicting Taoist eight immortals
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

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Brass

Pair Chinese Carved Hanging Window Panels, Qing Dynasty, 18th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
surrounding a central image incense burners surrounded by Taoist emblems of the Immortals. The fruit
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Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

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Metal

Pair of Large Japanese 6-Panel Nanga Sansui Folding Screens by Oka Buntô 岡文濤
By Oka Buntô
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Pair of impressive mid-sized byôbu (folding screens) with Nanga style paintings depicting scenes
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Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japan Big Joyful Buddha Hotai Protector of Children and Women, 34"
Located in South Burlington, VT
Buddhist, Taoist and Shinto culture and is based on a Chinese monk. We find these enigmatic sculptures
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens

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Pottery

Chinese Framed Print of Tang Dynasty Painting
By Han-Kan
Located in Savannah, GA
Buddhist and Taoist wall paintings but became mostly famous for his great compositions of horse paintings
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Prints

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Chrome

Yao Ceremonial Painting, Guizhou Province, China, Early to Mid-19th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Yao Ceremonial painting. The Sea Banner. Hoi Fan. Guizhou Province, China, early to mid-19th
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Tribal Tribal Art

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Paint

Yao Ceremonial Painting, Guizhou Province, China, Early to Mid-19th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Yao ceremonial painting. Guizhou Province, China, early to mid-19th century. (Please note that the
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Tribal Tribal Art

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Paint, Paper

Yao Ceremonial Painting of Tai Wai, Guizhou, China, Early to Mid-19th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Yao ceremonial painting. The high constable, Tai Wai. Guizhou Province, China, early to mid-19th
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Tribal Tribal Art

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Paint

"Reclining Protector" Monumental Scholars' Root Object, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
"wooden scholars' rock" and was prized by Chinese artists as a source of inspiration for painting, poetry
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Natural Specimens

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Wood

18th Century Polychromed Carved Buddha Statue
Located in Dallas, TX
holding a Rui scepter in his right hand and a Stupa in his left hand. This is undoubtedly a Taoist statue
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Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Paul Jenkins Untitled Abstract Watercolor Titled “Veil Before”
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Oakland, CA
life in favour of a Taoist concern for the “present moment.” In this sense his paintings become
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Vintage 1960s American Modern Prints

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Metal

Early 19th Century, Iron Lord of War 'Guan Yu', Art of China
Located in Central Hong-Kong, HK
figure, Guan was deified and absorbed into the Taoist pantheon after his death, and was being worshiped
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Other Antiquities

Materials

Iron

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How Much is a Taoist Painting?

A taoist painting can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,800, while the lowest priced sells for $480 and the highest can go for as much as $20,000.