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<p>He is shown in imperial garb and holds up a ritual tablet or flat sceptre called a shaku or hu in both hands</p>

1 painting : gouache on rice paper ; sheet 25 x 13 cm

A Chinese deity (possibly Yu Huang, the Jade Emperor). Gouache by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.

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