MIEN TAOIST PAINTING
19th Century
Code: 0804 - Price: POA

Mien Yao Taoist painting, paper, wood (bamboo) strip top and bottom, string and coloured pigments. Completely original with no repairs or restoration. The painting is of a high quality and in excellent condition, with no tears to the paper other than very minor abrasions around the edges, no insect or water damage. Painting has an inscription on the back, See images left for front, back and detail view.
From the same set as 0796 & 0797
Measurements: 47" (119cm) tall x 18.5" (47cm) wide.

MIEN TAOIST PAINTING
19th Century
Code: 0805 - Price: POA

Mien Yao Taoist painting, paper, wood (bamboo) strip at top, string and coloured pigments. Completely original with no repairs or restoration. The painting is of a high quality and in excellent condition, with no tears to the paper other than very minor abrasions around the edges, no insect or water damage. Painting has an inscription on the back, See images left for front, back and detail view.
From the same set as 0795 & 0797
Measurements: 47" (119cm) tall x 18.5" (47cm) wide.

MIEN TAOIST PAINTING
19th Century
Code: 0806 - Price: POA

Mien Yao Taoist painting, paper, wood (bamboo) strip at top, string and coloured pigments. Completely original with no repairs or restoration. The painting is of a high quality and in excellent condition, with no tears to the paper other than very minor abrasions around the edges, no insect or water damage. Painting has an inscription on the back, See images left for front, back and detail view.
From the same set as 0795 & 0796
Measurements: 47" (119cm) tall x 18.5" (47cm) wide.

MIEN TAOIST PAINTING
19th Century
Code: 0807 - Price: POA

Mien Yao Taoist painting, paper, wood (bamboo) strip at top, string and coloured pigments. Completely original with no repairs or restoration. The painting is of a high quality and in excellent condition, with no tears to the paper other than very minor abrasions around the edges, no insect or water damage. Painting has an inscription on the back, See images left for front, back and detail view.
From the same set as 0799
Measurements, each: 51" (113cm) tall x 17.25" (44cm) wide.

MIEN TAOIST PAINTING
19th Century
Code: 0808 - Price: POA

Mien Yao Taoist painting, paper, wood (bamboo) strip at top, string and coloured pigments. Completely original with no repairs or restoration. The painting is of a high quality and in excellent condition, with no tears to the paper other than very minor abrasions around the edges, no insect or water damage. Painting has an inscription on the back, See images left for front, back and detail view.
From the same set as 0798
Measurements, each: 51" (113cm) tall x 17.25" (44cm) wide.

YAO PRIESTS DRAGON ROBE
Mid 20th Century
Code: 0809 - Price: POA

Yao Priests Dragon robe with cotton embroidery. Dragons adorn the two front flaps while the back is filled with the adobe of 'The Three Pure Ones', rows of saints, the Seven Stars, gods trigrams, the five elements, the sun and moon etc. Mid 20th century, in excellent condition.

For a similar example see: Yao Ceremonial Paintings, Jacques Lemoine, River books 2002. pages 200-201, plates548A-B and 550A-B.


Reference: The Yao, Jess G Pourret, River Books.
Peoples of the Golden Triangle, P & E Lewis, Thames and Hudson.
Yao Ceremonial Paintings, Jacques Lemoine.

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