Wang Meng (王蒙)
Ge Zhichuan Relocating to the Mountains , 1360

This painting depicts the start of a journey by a 3rd century Daoist scholar who travelled to Vietnam to obtain newly discovered cinnabar, the mineral employed in lacquerware and supposed to increase longevity.
Original Size; 139x58 cms
Palace Museum, Beijing, China. 00133388

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