DepartmentAsia

Tai Wa (The High Constable)

NamePainting

Date1879

Place madeChina, East Asia, Asia

MediumPaper, natural pigment, fiber cord, bamboo

Dimensions44 1/4 × 18 in. (112.4 × 45.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, museum purchase, A.2015.67.1

Object numberA.2015.67.1

Collections

Asia

DescriptionPainting on pale background with decorative borders. Tai Wa is depicted at the top as a man mounted on a white horse and carrying a sword in his right hand. Behind him is a man dressed in black waving a banner. Below him are three two men on horses--one black, the other white--carrying swords. To the left of the two mounted men is a man waving a banner.