UH00028 Chinese Taoist Painting, ink, colors and gold on paper of the second deity in the Taoist trinity of the Three Pure Ones, Shangqing representing the highest purity, mediating between heaven and earth, unusually depicted seated on the back of a mythical recumbent lion on a cloud with a deep blue background having eight additional lion faces in the hair curls of the lion. Shangqing holds a jewel, ball or bowl in his right hand and holds his left hand upright in a mystical teaching gesture, costumed in gold painted robes and the small Taoist crown. Minor pigment losses and signs of restoration, a possible out-take from a larger painting, otherwise fine detail and condition. 11-1/8” High x 9-1/8” Wide. 18th Century. $1,500.