[Yan Hui Li Xian Statue Axis]
Li Xian Statue Axis, Yuan Dynasty, Yan Hui’s work, silk, ink, vertical 146.5 cm, horizontal 72.5 cm
Li Xian, namely Li Tieguai, is one of the “Eight Immortals”. The story of the Eight Immortals is widely spread among the people. According to Peng Dayi of the Ming Dynasty’s “The Four Examinations of the Mountain Hall”, “The name of the abducting immortal is Li, and she has foot disease. The Queen Mother of the West enlightened the deity and granted the head of the Donghua Cult with an iron staff.” In the other book “Ancient and Modern Book Integration · Divine Classic”, “Li Tieguai or the people of the gorge in the Sui Dynasty, known as the flood, the small character abductor, also known as the iron abductor, are often beggars in the city, and everyone is cheap. Then she threw the iron staff into the air, turned it into a dragon, and rode away.” The iron abductor Li, despite his ugly appearance, has superb magic power, It is full of human feelings and deeply loved by people. It is the subject that painters in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties like to paint
In the picture, Li Xian sits on a big stone with cross-legged sticks. He has thick hair and beard, bare-chested and barefoot, frowning and squinting eyes. Behind it, the cliffs are beautiful, the waterfalls are high, the clouds are misty, and the vines are coiled under the cliffs. The characters in the painting look different from ordinary people, and the description of the background reflects the immortal spirit of Tie Guai Li
This painting is vigorous and magnificent in style. The figure’s clothing pattern is painted with a thick brush, the hair needs to be painted with a fine brush, and the thick ink is baked and dyed. This painting method has pioneered the painting style of Wu Wei of Zhejiang School. This picture is signed with the following words: “□ Moon Yan Hui” (the missing word is autumn, which has been cut off), with the seal of “Autumn Moon”
Description of the “Secret Palace Zhulin · Continuation”.
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