The Banquet of Seowangmo (Xiwangmu), Queen Mother of the West  1700

This eight-panel screen illustrates in brilliant color the legendary banquet that Xiwangmu held for the immortals around the Jasper Lake, known as yojiyeon in Korea. Because Korean scholars and artists frequently looked to China for inspiration, many Daoist subjects naturally came to appear in Korean painting. In the Daoist tradition, the Queen Mother of the West, Seowangm...