THE FAIRY MAGU WITH DEER AND TIGER IN THE STYLE OF TANG YIN

Estimated Value:

3.000 € - 5.000 €

Result:

3.108 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Ca. 17th c.
je 116 x 67 cm
Ink and colours on silk, mounted as hanging scrolls. Each scroll depicting the goddess of longevity: Magu in bare feet, dressed in fur, with a stag under a willow, she carries a peach branch on her shoulder and the calabash at her belt, holding a lingzhi mushroom. Upper left a seal illegible; Magu in barefoot, dressed in leaves, with a feline under a tree, she carries a sack of scrolls on her shoulder and the calabash of wine at her belt, holding a camellia blossom. Japanese silk mount. Matching wood box inscribed in ink.
From an important private collection in southern Germany, acquired before 2007
Magu was a Chinese Daoist fairy who lived in the mountains and was accompanied by the Stag of Longevity. She is said to have been the sister of an adept of Daoism in the Han Dynasty and to have become immortal herself after studying Daoism. She is very popular in China and many temples and mountains are dedicated to her. She lives in the wild nature, wears clothes made of leaves and grass and often carries a staff with peaches of longevity. Sometimes she is also accompanied by a tiger, as in this pair of paintings. This type of painting is often used as a birthday gift for a person of old age, to express the wish for longevity. Enclosed is the handwritten expert opinion of Kano Seisen'in Osanobu (1796-1846) on the authenticity and attributes the two hanging scrolls to the Chinese painter of beautiful ladies Tang Yin (1470-1523) - Silk partly dam., part. rest.

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