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Source Description
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 paradise grows the orchard of the peaches of immortality, which ripen once every 3,000 years. She is said to have brought some of these peaches with her on her visit.The painting can be understood as an expression of one's wish for a long life and immortality. Peach trees are growing at the base of the platform, where cranes, symbols of longevity, can also be seen.Spurious signature and seals of Qiu Ying (1494-1552).
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Document identity
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34014
label
Visit of the Queen Mother of the West
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drawing
citationUrl
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Source metadata
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34014
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drawing
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normalized
title
Visit of the Queen Mother of the West
description
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 paradise grows the orchard of the peaches of immortality, which ripen once every 3,000 years. She is said to have brought some of these peaches with her on her visit.The painting can be understood as an expression of one's wish for a long life and immortality. Peach trees are growing at the base of the platform, where cranes, symbols of longevity, can also be seen.Spurious signature and seals of Qiu Ying (1494-1552).
provenance
Panama-Pacific International Exposition, China Pavilion, San Francisco, 1915; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1915, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
17th century (Ming or Qing)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
kakemono
scroll paintings
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1
pageCount
1
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
166.3
height
92.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 65 1/2 x W: 36 3/8 in. (166.3 x 92.4 cm)
Source extras
cul
Chinese
inscriptions
[Inscription] Lower right; [Seal] Lower right; [Number] On sticker: 359
dynasty
Ming [Ming] Dynasty-Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty
med
ink and colors on silk mounted on paper
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6238
17952
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CHN
exhibition_ids
none
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1
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0
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photo
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