Magu Offering Longevity

Dressed in red, Magu (literally the “hemp maiden”), a Daoist goddess associated with immortality, holds a jade vessel with the elixir for longevity. On her right stands an attendant with a lotus flower, behind her a rock. The title script and painting are rendered in an archaic (ancient) style, emphasized by shoes with upturned tips and a jade pendant. Zhu Meicun had copied the painting from an original by Ren Xiong (任熊) (Chinese, 1823–1857) which Wu Hufan owned at the time.

A hanging scroll depicts Magu, a woman with light skin tone and hair pinned up, wearing a vibrant red robe over intricate patterned layers. She holds a footed cup on a platter while a child behind her holds a tall lotus stem with a large leaf and blue flower. Stylized, perforated gray rock formations rise in the background. Calligraphy and a red seal occupy the upper left of the silk.

Magu Offering Longevity

1937

Zhu Meicun

(Chinese, 1911–1993)

China, Republican era (1912–49)

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