Daoist deity of heaven
Wu Daozi
(Chinese, A.D. 710–760)
first half of the 12th century
Medium/TechniqueInk, color, and gold on silk
DimensionsOverall: 231 × 77.2 cm (90 15/16 × 30 3/8 in.)
Image: 125.5 × 55.9 cm (49 7/16 × 22 in.)
Image: 125.5 × 55.9 cm (49 7/16 × 22 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number12.881
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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)
