The Immortal Lü Dongbin Appearing over the Yueyang Pavilion
Unidentified
Artist
Period:
Southern
Song, Yuan or early Ming dynasty
Date:
late
13th–early 14th century
Culture:
China
Medium:
Fan
mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk
Dimensions:
Image: 9
3/8 x 9 7/8 in. (23.8 x 25.1 cm); with mat: 15 x 15 in. (38.1 x 38.1 cm)
Classification:
Paintings
Credit
Line:
Rogers
Fund, 1917
Accession
Number:
17.170.2
This fan depicts the
Daoist immortal Lü Dongbin hovering above the Yüeh-yang Lou, a famous pavilion
on the east shore of Lake Dongting, in Hunan Province. During the thirteenth
and fourteenth centuries, the cult of Lü Dongbin flourished under the influence
of the Quanzhen ("Perfect Realization") sect of Daoism. The center of
the cult was the Yongle Gong (Temple of Eternal Joy) in Shanxi Province. The
painting style of the figures and the architecture and landscape details of
this fan relate closely to murals in Yongle Gong that date to the latter half
of the Yüan period (1279–1368). Therefore, the cyclical date dingsi inscribed
on the wall outside the pavilion in this picture probably corresponds to the
year 1377.
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