EditorialSearching for immortality. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. Liu Yue, a Chinese figure who lived on the Mountain of the Southern Peak, seeks immortality through drinking a special potion. From a large allbum of paintings and stories abo...
EditorialA Chinese immortal. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Su Lin, a Taoist adept, stands in mountainous landscape, his robes and beard wind-blown. Painting on silk, from a large album, 40 x 50 cm. Image taken from A Keepsake f...
EditorialTaoist immortal flies through the clouds. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. The 'sage mother of Dongling' who studied the Way and could cure illnesses. One day, amidst a throng wishing to thank her, she ascended to the clou...
EditorialSearching for immortality. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. Liu Yue, a Chinese figure who lived on the Mountain of the Southern Peak, seeks immortality through drinking a special potion. From a large allbum of paintings and stories abo...
EditorialAdd. 22689, ff.30-31 Mu Gong and Immortal officials at the White Jade Terrace. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Mu Gong was ' born into the azure sea out of the confusion there were people or living things ' and establishe...
EditorialA Chinese immortal. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Su Lin, a Taoist adept, stands in mountainous landscape, his robes and beard wind-blown. Painting on silk, from a large album, 40 x 50 cm. Image taken from A Keepsake f...
EditorialTaoist immortal flies through the clouds. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. The 'sage mother of Dongling' who studied the Way and could cure illnesses. One day, amidst a throng wishing to thank her, she ascended to the clou...
EditorialChinese 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 perio...
EditorialSearching for immortality. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. Liu Yue, a Chinese figure who lived on the Mountain of the Southern Peak, seeks immortality through drinking a special potion. From a large allbum of paintings and stories abo...
EditorialAdd. 22689, ff.14-15 Huang Renlan, celebrates his fathers birthday with his family. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. A man famous for his filial piety, Huang Renlan celebrates his fathers birthday with his family and then ...
EditorialTong chun hai wu - phrase conveying wishes for longevity. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Source: Add. 22689, ff. 2-3.
EditorialTong chun hai wu - phrase conveying wishes for longevity. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Source: Add. 22689, ff. 4-5.
EditorialAdd. 22689, ff.12-13 Mr Fu breaking stones. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Mr Fu who was assured that if he broke stones, he could meet an immortal. he broke stones for 47 years whereupon he was visited by an immortal an...
EditorialAdd. 22689, ff.34-35 Wu Meng was one of the Twenty-Four. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Wu Meng(4th-5th Century AD) was one of the Twenty-Four.Examples of Filial Piety who positively attracted mosquitos and encuraged the...
EditorialAdd. 22689, back cover. Daoist/Taoist folding album,paintings and calligraphy in gold and ink. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Daoist/Taoist folding album,paintings and calligraphy in gold and ink. Image taken from Daois...
EditorialAdd. 22689, ff.10-11 Mei Fu, an officer. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Mei Fu, an officer in nanchang who studied Dao/Tao first on chicken Coop Mountain, then on Flying swan Mountain,flies off on a Green Phoenix. Image...
EditorialAdd. 22689, ff.26-27 Liu Gang and his wife both Daoist/Taoist adepts. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Lu Gang and his wife were both Daoist/Taoist adepts who knew things other people do not know. On the mountain of Four B...
EditorialAdd. 22689, ff.20-21 Wang Ziqiao a noted flautist and officer. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Wang Ziqiao of the 6th Century BC was an oted flautist and one of the officers of the kings of Zhou (1066-771 BC) Who predicte...
EditorialAdd. 22689, ff.24-25 Lu Gong collected medicinal herbs in the Taihang Mountains. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Lu Gong used to collect medicinal herbs in the Taihang mountains. He met 3 people with the same name as hims...
EditorialAdd. 22689, ff.36-37 The 'Old foreigner from India.'. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. The 'Old foreigner from India' came from the West at the Time of the Martial Emperor of the Jin(3rd Century AD). He met two tigers stro...
EditorialAdd. 22689, front cover. Daoist/Taoist folding album,paintings and calligraphy in gold and ink. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Daoist/Taoist folding album,paintings and calligraphy in gold and ink. Image taken from Daoi...
EditorialAdd. 22689, ff.21-22 Mao Ying at a banquet. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Mao Ying went off at he age of 18 to pursue the Way on heng Mountain (1 of 5 sacred mountains). At the age of 49 he announced that he would be bo...
EditorialA Chinese immortal. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Su Lin, a Taoist adept, stands in mountainous landscape, his robes and beard wind-blown. Painting on silk, from a large album, 40 x 50 cm. Image taken from A Keepsake f...
EditorialTaoist immortal flies through the clouds. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. The 'sage mother of Dongling' who studied the Way and could cure illnesses. One day, amidst a throng wishing to thank her, she ascended to the clou...
EditorialChinese 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 perio...
EditorialSearching for immortality. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. Liu Yue, a Chinese figure who lived on the Mountain of the Southern Peak, seeks immortality through drinking a special potion. From a large allbum of paintings and stories abo...
EditorialAdd. 22689, ff.14-15 Huang Renlan, celebrates his fathers birthday with his family. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. A man famous for his filial piety, Huang Renlan celebrates his fathers birthday with his family and then ...
EditorialTong chun hai wu - phrase conveying wishes for longevity. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Source: Add. 22689, ff. 2-3.
EditorialTong chun hai wu - phrase conveying wishes for longevity. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Source: Add. 22689, ff. 4-5.
EditorialAdd. 22689, ff.12-13 Mr Fu breaking stones. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Mr Fu who was assured that if he broke stones, he could meet an immortal. he broke stones for 47 years whereupon he was visited by an immortal an...
EditorialAdd. 22689, ff.34-35 Wu Meng was one of the Twenty-Four. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Wu Meng(4th-5th Century AD) was one of the Twenty-Four.Examples of Filial Piety who positively attracted mosquitos and encuraged the...
EditorialAdd. 22689, back cover. Daoist/Taoist folding album,paintings and calligraphy in gold and ink. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Daoist/Taoist folding album,paintings and calligraphy in gold and ink. Image taken from Daois...
EditorialAdd. 22689, ff.30-31 Mu Gong and Immortal officials at the White Jade Terrace. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Mu Gong was ' born into the azure sea out of the confusion there were people or living things ' and establishe...
EditorialAdd. 22689, ff.10-11 Mei Fu, an officer. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Mei Fu, an officer in nanchang who studied Dao/Tao first on chicken Coop Mountain, then on Flying swan Mountain,flies off on a Green Phoenix. Image...
EditorialAdd. 22689, ff.26-27 Liu Gang and his wife both Daoist/Taoist adepts. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Lu Gang and his wife were both Daoist/Taoist adepts who knew things other people do not know. On the mountain of Four B...
EditorialAdd. 22689, ff.20-21 Wang Ziqiao a noted flautist and officer. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Wang Ziqiao of the 6th Century BC was an oted flautist and one of the officers of the kings of Zhou (1066-771 BC) Who predicte...
EditorialAdd. 22689, ff.24-25 Lu Gong collected medicinal herbs in the Taihang Mountains. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Lu Gong used to collect medicinal herbs in the Taihang mountains. He met 3 people with the same name as hims...
EditorialAdd. 22689, ff.36-37 The 'Old foreigner from India.'. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. The 'Old foreigner from India' came from the West at the Time of the Martial Emperor of the Jin(3rd Century AD). He met two tigers stro...
EditorialAdd. 22689, front cover. Daoist/Taoist folding album,paintings and calligraphy in gold and ink. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Daoist/Taoist folding album,paintings and calligraphy in gold and ink. Image taken from Daoi...
EditorialAdd. 22689, ff.21-22 Mao Ying at a banquet. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Mao Ying went off at he age of 18 to pursue the Way on heng Mountain (1 of 5 sacred mountains). At the age of 49 he announced that he would be bo...