Yao Shang, Chinese sage, wearing traditional costume and holding a medicine container (?). Watercolour, China, 18--.

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1800-1899
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567597i
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Yao Shang, Chinese sage, wearing traditional costume and holding a medicine container (?). Watercolour, China, 18--. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Yao Shang, renowned as a Chinese medicinal sage of the Taoist path. Herbal medicine was developed from the Taoist alchemists' search for the elixir of life. Sages like Yao Shang searched for herbs to promote longevity and maintain health

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1800-1899

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1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 25.6 x 23.2 cm

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Lettering includes artist's (?) stamp Inscription in Chinese script gives Yao Shang's name

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Wellcome Collection 567597i

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