Pot depicting Xiwangmu’s birthday celebration, anonymous, c. 1645 - c. 1660

Pot depicting Xiwangmu’s birthday celebration, anonymous, c. 1645 - c. 1660

turning, h 36.6cm × d 20cm More details

The elegant woman in the chair is Xiwangmu, the Queen Mother of the West. This gathering is in celebration of her birthday. She watches a dancer performing to music played by a female orchestra. Xiwangmu grows peaches in the Kunlun Mountains. Because her trees only bear fruit once every 3,000 years, immortality is conferred on those who eat them.

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