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Zhenxian shiji (Episodic Vestiges of the Perfected Transcendent)1018/62

Daoist album leaf. Painting depicting Xu Xun and the people at large crying for help. A male figure in green and gold robes with a black border stands atop a hill amidst a crowd of people, some of whom are pointing or gesturing at a grey undulating column of smoke(?). There are blue and green rocky outcroppings and a tree in the foreground with off-white and dark pink clouds against a blue sky in the background. The painting is mounted on off-white damask-patterned silk on paper.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Zhenxian shiji (Episodic Vestiges of the Perfected Transcendent)1018/60

Daoist album leaf. Painting depicting Xu Xun and the leaving of a talisman on a boulder and restraining of a crocodile. A male figure in yellow robes with a green belt and blue border stands at the top of a cliff where a sword is stuck in the ground beside an object composed of three successively smaller stacked rectangular box shapes. Two young male figures, one with a sword sheath, are standing to the side. A waterfall and cave with blue and green rocks are pictured in the distance. The painting is mounted on off-white damask-patterned silk on paper.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Zhenxian shiji (Episodic Vestiges of the Perfected Transcendent)1018/58

Daoist album leaf. Painting depicting Xu Xun and the testing of the multitudes by selling elixirs. A male figure in blue and gold robes is standing behind a table on which is a rectangular platter of gold nuggets(?) and which has a banner hanging from the front. Three other male figures are standing beside the table, and a young man with a sheathed sword is standing with another male figure on the other side of the table. Behind them is a tree, and there are several blue, grey and green mountains as well as buildings in the distance. The painting is mounted on off-white damask-patterned silk on paper.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Zhenxian shiji (Episodic Vestiges of the Perfected Transcendent)1018/56

Daoist album leaf. Painting depicting Xu Xun and the sly crocodile meeting its demise. Four men , one with a staff and one with a sword, and a young man with a sword sheath looking across a bridge to a man with a sword raised standing on top of a scaled snake-like figure and surrounded by water. Emerging above the clouds is a procession of warriors with swords led by a figure on a white horse. The painting is mounted on off-white damask-patterned silk on paper.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Zhenxian shiji (Episodic Vestiges of the Perfected Transcendent)1018/54

Daoist album leaf. Painting depicting Xu Xun and five deities railing against a hazard. A male figure in green and gold robes with a blue border and a young man with a sword on his back are facing five male figures, each wearing different coloured robes and a black hat. These five figures are standing in front of a building with a rooftop garden. Blue and green mountains are pictured in the distance and the sky is blue with off-white, dark pink and yellow clouds. The painting is mounted on off-white damask-patterned silk on paper.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Zhenxian shiji (Episodic Vestiges of the Perfected Transcendent)1018/53

Daoist album leaf. Gold painted Chinese calligraphy in six columns on a piece of brown silk that has been mounted on off-white damask-patterned silk on paper. The text relates to Xu Xun and the depiction of five deities railing against a hazard.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Zhenxian shiji (Episodic Vestiges of the Perfected Transcendent)1018/50

Daoist album leaf. Painting depicting Xu Xun and the submission of an offering on the peak of Xiufeng. A man in red, green and blue robes holding a white object and looking at a container set on top of a rocky protrusion at the top of a cliff with a young man standing behind him. The background consists of several green, grey and blue rocky peaks against a blue sky with off-white, dark pink, grey and yellow clouds. The painting is mounted on off-white damask-patterned silk on paper.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Zhenxian shiji (Episodic Vestiges of the Perfected Transcendent)1018/48

Daoist album leaf. Painting depicting Xu Xun and the tempering of a sword in the River Xiu. A male figure dressed in grey-blue, off-white, light yellow-brown and green is placing a sword on a flat rock surface beside a stream surrounded by blue and green rocky outcroppings and trees. The painting is mounted on off-white damask-patterned silk on paper.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Zhenxian shiji (Episodic Vestiges of the Perfected Transcendent)1018/47

Daoist album leaf. Gold painted Chinese calligraphy in four columns on a piece of brown silk that has been mounted on off-white damask-patterned silk on paper. The text relates to Xu Xun and the depiction of the tempering of a sword in the River Xiu.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Zhenxian shiji (Episodic Vestiges of the Perfected Transcendent)1018/118

Daoist album leaf. Painting depicting Xu Xun and the extended benevolence of the transcendent lemon grass. Several male figures are gathered in front of a tall pedestal on wich rests a container and in front of which is a lemon grass(?) plant. Some of the male figures are kneeling, most with their hands together, and there are three women pictured inside a building behind the men. Two young male figures dressed in blue and green robes with red slippers are standing on clouds with the tips of ornaments on poles visible amongst the clouds behind them. There are blue and green rocky outcrops in the foreground and background. The painting is mounted on off-white damask-patterned silk on paper.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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