CHINESE SCHOOL ming dynasty, probably 16th/17th century CELESTIAL WORTHY OF NUMINOUS TREASURE ENTHRONED WITH TWO ATTENDANTS Ink and color on silk, mounted as a hanging scroll. NOTE: The present work would have been one of three hanging scrolls, each depicting one of the three highest deities in the later Daoist pantheon. For a discussion of this group, illustrated with Ming and Qing examples, see Stephen Little et al, "Taoism and the Arts of China", Chicago, 2000, pp. 228-231. Image approx. H: 64 in., 162.7cm; W: 34 3/4 in., 88.4cm