Description
This painting depicts "nan ji lao ren [nan chi lao jen]," the symbol of longevity, accompanied by a friend and servant, offering incense to the gods.
Provenance
Dr. John C. Ferguson [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John C. Ferguson Sale, American Art Association, New York, April 7, 1916, no. 247 [as Ling Mei]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, April 7, 1916, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
