The Peach Festival of the Queen Mother of the West
Formerly attributed to Fang Chunnian (ca. 1225-1264)
17th-18th century
Classification
Painting
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number
F1908.170
Tags
Charles Lang Freer collectionChinaChinese ArtDaoismDaoist ImmortalsMing dynasty (1368 - 1644)Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)Queen Mother of the Westblue-and-green stylefestival
About this artwork
Yellow frontispiece paper with a five-clawed dragon, clouds and a flaming pearl. Total of 21 seals, signature, eight colophons. Carved white jade clasp. SI label and Freer labels on exterior of scroll. Housed in a wooden box with a sliding cover (inscribed in gold).