Offerings for Long Life at the Lake of Gems
- Image Number: K2A002962N000000000AA
- Dynasty: Song dynasty
- Category: Paintings
- Author: 劉松年
- Form: 軸
- Exhibition dimension: 198.7×109.1
- Description:
According to the Internal Biography of Emperor Hanwu, the Queen Mother of the West once went to see Emperor Hanwu and gave him four peaches. This painting is painted with cloud peaks winding around in the distance, clear springs and rocks in the foreground, neon cloud scrolls on the mountain path, chariots and horses among the trees and rocks, temple ridge slightly exposed behind the cliff, pines hanging on the wall, Queen Mother of the West and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sitting face to face and talking with each other, and all the female immortals holding peaches competing for advancement, which has the meaning of auspicious celebration of life. The characters are carefully portrayed, the pine trees are vivid and colorful, and the rocks are carved with shaped axes and bright colors. There is no money seal on the painting, although it is titled the work of Liu Songnian of Song Dynasty, or it was created by descendants of Zhou Chen, Tang Yin and Qiu Ying of the Ming Dynasty.
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