Rubbing of Feathered Immortal Pounding Drugs
Han Dynasty
The Original picture, carved on the eastern pillar of the Tomb Gate of Han Pictures of Yinan,Shandong Province,was found in 1 954.Above this picture,the pillar bears a portrait of Fuxi and Nüwa (see Fig.32).At the center of the picture is the Father King of the East. The feathered man may be an imaginary immortal connected with the elixir possessed by Mother Queen of the West. The Father King and Mother Queen are immortals. Common subjects of Han pictures.(Collection of Shandong Provincial Museum.)