Visit of the Queen Mother of the West

17th century (Ming or Qing)

92.4 cm 166.3 cm

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The Queen Mother of the West (Hsi Wang Mu) has paid but a single visit to earth, in 110 BC, when Emperor Wu Ti of the Han dynasty received her. She is descending in the form of a peacock, as the emperor and empress await her on a special platform. In the Queen Mother's paradis...

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Panama-Pacific International Exposition, China Pavilion, San Francisco, 1915; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1915, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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