Chinese quest for immortality, Painting and calligraphy from a large format Chinese album illustrating stories of Taoist immortals -people who sought

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Chinese quest for immortality, Painting and calligraphy from a large format Chinese album illustrating stories of Taoist immortals -people who sought or achieved immortality. One of 15 paintings. The text concerns a Taoist adept, Wang Qiao, a Han period official. Image taken from A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. Originally published in China, 18th century.

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Size: 7148px × 4580px
Photo credit: © BRITISH LIBRARY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: artwork, asia, astronomy, calligraphy, china, chinese, cloud, concept, discipline, east, gallery/yuntai, historical, history, illustration, immortality, keepsake, movements, natural, painting, philosophical, sciences, taoism, visual, works, xianrui