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Source Description
Zhu Wenxin has painted the standard group of eight immortals, all of them people who have lived in historical times and have acquired magical powers. Clockwise from the top, they are Lan Caihe, with a flower basket; Cao Guojiu, with castanets; Han Xiangai, with a flute; He Xian'gu, a woman who lived on mother-of-pearl powder and moonbeams; Li Tieguai, with an iron crutch; Zhongli Quan, with a scepter; Lü Dungbin, with a pill and sword; and, finally, in the center, Zhang Guolao, who holds a bamboo tube.
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Document identity
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40772
label
The Eight Immortals
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drawing
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Source metadata
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40772
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drawing
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normalized
title
The Eight Immortals
description
Zhu Wenxin has painted the standard group of eight immortals, all of them people who have lived in historical times and have acquired magical powers. Clockwise from the top, they are Lan Caihe, with a flower basket; Cao Guojiu, with castanets; Han Xiangai, with a flute; He Xian'gu, a woman who lived on mother-of-pearl powder and moonbeams; Li Tieguai, with an iron crutch; Zhongli Quan, with a scepter; Lü Dungbin, with a pill and sword; and, finally, in the center, Zhang Guolao, who holds a bamboo tube.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown] (?); Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1813 (Qing)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
kakemono
scroll paintings
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3
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3
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
188.6
height
106.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 74 1/4 x W: 41 3/4 in. (188.6 x 106.1 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Inscription] Upper right
dynasty
Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty
med
ink and traces of color on silk
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6891
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CHN
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none
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