Fuchi with a Chinese Immortal on a Crane

Description A Chinese immortal is depicted flying on a crane. This is either Teireii (Ch. Ting Ling Wei [Ding Ling Wei]) or Hichôbô (Ch. Fei Zhang Fang [Fei Chang Fang]), both of whom are shown on cranes. Mountains are on the reverse. This is part of a set with Walters 51.953.

Provenance William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Signature] 海曙堂; [Translation] Kaishodô; [Inscription] In pencil: 811

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters