LARGE PAINTING in ink and colors on silk, depicting...

LARGE PAINTING in ink and colors on silk, depicting Xuan Tian Shang Di (also known as Zhenwudadi), Taoist stellar god, ruling the northern sky, seated on a rocky promontory, a flaming sword at his side ; with, at his feet, a turtle symbol of the north, and a snake, and surrounded, on the left, by his two generals Wan Gong and Wan Ma carrying standard and halberd, and on the right, by a divine couple, Zhougong and Taohuanü, private secretaries of Xuan Tian Shang Di, carrying tablet and offering. (Broken, possibly lined or marouflaged; framed under glass). China, 18th century. AN INK AND COLOR PAINTING ON SILK, FEATURING XUAN TIAN SHANG DI, CHINA, 18TH CENTURY. DIM. 127 X 68,5 CM (50 X 27 IN.)