Yao Wang, Chinese god of healing also known as the 'King of Medicine', wearing traditional costume and holding a medicine container (?). Watercolour, China, 18--.

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1800-1899
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567593i
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Yao Wang, Chinese god of healing also known as the 'King of Medicine', wearing traditional costume and holding a medicine container (?). Watercolour, China, 18--. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Revered as a healer and one with the knowledge of yan sheng, the process of achieving immortality through spiritual transformation and herbal medicine

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1800-1899

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1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 26.5 x 23.1 cm

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

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Wellcome Collection 567593i

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