Literary Gathering of Female Immortals

Literary Gathering of Female Immortals

• Image Number: K2A001388N000000000PAE
• Dynasty: Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
• Category: Paintings
• Author: 周文矩
• Form: 卷
• Exhibition dimension: 41.5×361.7
• Description:
  This painting depicts the gathering of female immortals in the palace with green landscapes. The relationship between the style and Zhou Wenju, a painter of the Southern Tang Dynasty of the Five Dynasties, is weak. In terms of structure, first draw the pictures outside the palace, the willows in the spring and the mandarin ducks playing with the waves, and then enter the description of the fairy world. This kind of special distinction between the internal and external world, and the arrangement of a poetic transition in the composition reminds us of Qiu Ying’s “Spring Dawn in the Han Palace”. Indeed, the paintings of gardens and trees can be seen everywhere, which should be the imitation works of Suzhou workshops in the late Ming Dynasty. This is the third year of the reign of peace. According to the Southern Tang Dynasty, this year is not known, and it is the pseudonym of later generations.