Chinese deity scroll (02/24/2011)

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Sold Date: 02/24/2011
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art

This is Chinese deity scroll from what I'm told it is carbonated to over 200+ years what is written on the piece is a poem that tells of ancient Chinese gods and there saga , these immortal are of one family line and the depiction of each is in there most famed form . the silk is in excellent condition I'm told that the paper backing was placed on the silk in the 1860's to repair and strengthen this scroll. the scroll is in over all good condition and is museum quality. the Scroll is 12 feet 6 inches long and is 1 foot 5 inches tall 12.6' x 1.5'. it is a very rare style of scroll since most Chinese scrolls are vertical and not horizontal, this scroll wold have been found in a Temple or some other form of religious gathering place .
serous bidders only !

"Chinese mythology is a collection of cultural history , folktales , and religions that have been passed down in oral or written tradition. These include creation myths and legends and myths concerning the founding of Chinese culture and the Chinese state . Like many mythologies, it has in the past been believed to be, at least in part, a factual recording of history .

Historians have conjectured that the Chinese mythology began in the 12th century BCE . The myths and legends were passed down in oral form for over a thousand years, before being written in books such as Shan Hai Jing . Other myths continued to be passed down through oral traditions like theater and song, before being recorded as novels such as Hei'an Zhuan - Epic of Darkness (literally Epic of the Darkness ). This collection of epic legends is preserved by a community of Chinese Han nationality , inhabitants of the Shennongjia mountain area in Hubei , and contains accounts from the birth of Pangu up to the historical era.- Wikipedia "