元 佚名 倣夏永 呂洞賓過岳陽樓 冊頁|明 佚名 呂洞賓過岳陽樓圖 冊頁|The Immortal Lü Dongbin Appearing over the Yueyang Pavilion

Unidentified artist

15th–16th century · Album leaf; ink on silk · Asian Art

This album leaf appears to depict a scene in which the puckish Daoist immortal Lü Dongbin dazzles the local population of Yueyang by hovering over its famous pavilion on a magical cloud. In this artist’s rendition, the tower is almost a world unto itself, with broad galleries, soaring eaves, and a vast viewing platform. The magical landscape from which Lü has emerged is represented by a lone mountain, described economically with a broad, graded wash of dilute ink.

Artist

Unidentified artist

Date

15th–16th century

Medium

Album leaf; ink on silk

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

From the Collection of A. W. Bahr, Purchase, Fletcher Fund, 1947