Taoist Collection (page 2)

Hsi Wang Mu, ancient Chinese goddess, 1922. A goddess who is thought to predate Taoism, but is now associated with it, Hsi Wang Mu is known as the Golden Mother of the Tortoise

The Taoist Triad, 1922. Yu Huang, ruler of first heaven; Tao Chun, ruler of second heaven and custodian of sacred books; Lao Tzu, ruler of third heaven and teacher of kings

Procession to a Taoist traditional wedding, China, c1820-1839. Artist: Giovanni Bigatti
Procession to a Taoist traditional wedding, China, c1820-1839. From Le Costume Ancien et Moderne by Jules Ferrario

The Three Sake-tasters, c1700 (1886). Burlesque of an ancient picture typifying the three religions, Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. From an engraving after Okumura Masanobu

The Rishi Li Tieh-kwai despatching his spirit to the Mountains of the Immortals, 17th century, (1886)
The Rishi Li Tieh-kwai dispatching his spirit to the Mountains of the Immortals, 17th century, (1886). Kano School. From a picture after Kano Tanyu. From the Wa-kan meihitsu gwa yei

The Temple of Heaven, Peking, c1890. Artist: Laplante
The Temple of Heaven, Peking, c1890. Building in the Forbidden City, Beijing, China. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, (Virtue & Co Limited)

The Taoist Immortal, Zhang Guolao, Chinese Ivory, Ming Dynasty, 17th century. Zhang Guo, better known as Zhang Guolao, is a Chinese mythological figure

The Taoist Immortal, Han Xiangzi, Ming Dynasty, 17th century. Chinese mythological figure and one of the Eight Immortals in the Taoist pantheon, often depicted carrying a dizi (Chinese flute)

The Taoist Immortal, Chung Li Ch Uan, Chinese Ivory, Ming Dynasty, 17th century. Chung-Li Ch uan. revives the souls of the dead with a wave of his fan

Taoist Hermit, Chinese folk art, c1800. Made of wood

Chinese Bronze, A Taoist Emperor

Chinese Jade, Representation of Taoist Sacred Mountain with Hermits Hut, c1636-1912. Symbolised the retreat aspect of Taoism. Chi ing Dynasty

Chinese Jade Lion, symbolises energy for Taoists

The Chinese Star-god of Longevity. Shou-lao. Shou Lao is the three Daoist Gods of Fu (Good fortune) Lu (Prosperity) Shou (Longevity), who usually has a very prominent forehead

Chinese Bronze Cosmic Mirror, 2nd-3rd century. Taoist Symbolism; Centre shows 4 animals of Direction, then 12 Calendric animals of the Zodiac, then 28 Constellations and a Taoist inscription

Taoist Symbol in arrow shape, with trigrams of the I-Ching, Han Dynasty, 206 BC-220. The PI (heaven) and Tsung (Earth) with trigrams from the Book of Changes

Statuette Chinese of Kuan-Yin, 17th century
Chinese statuette of Kuan-Yin, the Taoist goddess of mercy, with some of the eight Taoist immortals, with biscuit and enamel decoration. From the British Museums collection, 17th century

Soapstone Chinese statuette of Kuan-ti, 17th century
Ch ing dynasty soapstone statuette of Kuan-ti, a god of war, from the British Museums collection, 17th century

Soapstone Chinese statuette of Shou-lao, 17th century
Ch ing dynasty soapstone statuette of Shou-lao, a god of longevity, with a crane and a deer, both emblems of immortality. From the British Museums collection, 17th century

A porcelain figure of Kuan-ti, a war-god, 17th century
A glazed porcelain figure of Kuan-ti, a Taoist war deity. From the period of K ang His, currently in the Victoria and Albert Museums collection, 17th century

Ivory Chinese figurine of Chang Kuo Lao, 17th century
Ming dynasty ivory figurine of the Taoist Immortal Chang Kuo Lao, from the British Museums collection, 17th century

Chinese bronze mirror with figures of the Taoist gods, 2nd century
Chinese bronze mirror with figures of the Taoist gods, from the British Museums collection, 2nd century

Chinese porcelain dish showing the Taoist triad, 18th century
Chinese porcelain dish showing the Taoist triad of Happiness, Rank and Longevity, and the goddess Hsi Wang Mu crossing the sea. Painted in underglaze blue and enamel, 18th century

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