Daoist Figures, late 15th-early 16th century, Attributed to Liu Jun, Chinese, active c. 1475- c. 1505, 52 13/16 × 29 3/4 in. (134.14 × 75.57 cm) (image)79 9/16 × 34 3/4 in. (202.09 × 88.27 cm) (mount, without roller), Ink and color on silk, China, 15th-16th century, Three figures stand in a mountainous landscape and bid farewell to each other. Their attributes identify them as three of the Eight Immortals from the Daoist tradition. The Eight Immortals are legendary beings, each representing a different condition of life: poverty, wealth, aristocracy, low social rank, age, youth, masculinity, and femininity. Zhong Liquan is on the right and holds a large fan that can resurrect the dead and transform stones into silver or gold. Zhang Guolao, who characterizes old age, is in the center, with a tube-shaped bamboo drum strapped to his back. Cao Guojiu is on the left, dressed in official robes and holding a wine jar; he is regarded as the patron deity of acting and theater. The painting is l