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| Keywords: Album of 18 Daoist Paintings - 8.jpg The Four Elders were aged and sagely recluses who lived on Mount Shang during the tyrannical Qin dynasty in the late 3rd century BC After Emperor Gaozu founded the Han dynasty he invited the Four Elders to return to official service and serve in his government but they declined Later in deciding the succession Emperor Gaozu wanted to pass over his eldest son the Crown Prince in favour of another son by his favourite concubine Objecting to this the empress invited the Four Elders to court to support the Crown Prince After long deliberation they did indeed pay their respects to the Crown Prince Chester Beatty Library Early 16th century Ink and light colors on gold-flecked paper; album leaf 31 6 Ă— 59 3 cm Shanghai Museum http //www lacma org/art/exhibition/ming-masterpieces-shanghai-museum Ming Masterpieces from the Shanghai Museum exhibit Los Angeles Los Angeles County Museum of Art http //www lacma org/album-daoist-paintings Daoist Paintings by Zhang Lu Los Angeles Los Angeles County Museum of Art http //www cbl ie/china/Item aspx itemId 54 ˜The Four Elders ™ Dublin Chester Beatty Library object history exhibition history credit line This is one of eighteen paintings comprising an album <gallery> File Album of 18 Daoist Paintings - 1 jpg File Album of 18 Daoist Paintings - 2 jpg File Album of 18 Daoist Paintings - 3 jpg File Album of 18 Daoist Paintings - 4 jpg File Album of 18 Daoist Paintings - 5 jpg File Album of 18 Daoist Paintings - 6 jpg File Album of 18 Daoist Paintings - 7 jpg File Album of 18 Daoist Paintings - 8 jpg File Album of 18 Daoist Paintings - 9 jpg File Album of 18 Daoist Paintings - 10 jpg File Album of 18 Daoist Paintings - 11 jpg File Album of 18 Daoist Paintings - 12 jpg File Album of 18 Daoist Paintings - 13 jpg File Album of 18 Daoist Paintings - 14 jpg File Album of 18 Daoist Paintings - 15 jpg File Album of 18 Daoist Paintings - 16 jpg File Album of 18 Daoist Paintings - 17 jpg File Album of 18 Daoist Paintings - 18 jpg </gallery> accession number place of creation China during the Ming dynasty http //www cbl ie/china/ Telling Images of China exhibit Dublin Chester Beatty Library <small><small>http //www cbl ie/china/app_themes/exhibit/img/exhibits/large/img36-8 jpg direct link </small></small> Custom license marker 2014 10 21 PD-Art-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Zhang Lu 1464-1538 | ||||
