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Description: | Painting of a protector of Buddhism
Warrior: Protector of Religion, 17/18th Century, China.
Painting of Marshal Wang in ink, colour and gilt on paper, mounted on cardboard. Marshal Wang is a god of the popular Daoist pantheon, who has the ability to crush human villains and malevolent river spirits. He is depicted with red hair and a beard, dressed in full armour, riding on a flaming wheel and holding a sword in his right hand.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn3860 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | paper (fiber product) wood paintings (ritual & belief: representations) paper cardboard Paintings gilding Daoism pigment ink | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-111404 | Go to resource |
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