# Zhongli Quan seeking the Dao

**Sun Zhiwei** (late 10th-early 11th century)  
15th century  
Ink and color on silk  
H x W (image): 47 x 77 cm (18 1/2 x 30 5/16 in)

Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, F1916.114. [The museum's record](https://asia.si.edu/object/F1916.114/).

## About this work

Sun Zhiwei painted this in 15th century. It is now at the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC.

### How it was made

- **Ink and colour on silk.** Silk was sized with glue and alum so it would hold a crisp brushline, and mineral colours were built up in thin layers. The sheen of the weave still shows through.

### [Sun Zhiwei](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/sun-zhiwei)

late 10th-early 11th century

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: Chinese
- Real size: about 19 × 30 in (47 × 77 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 16 × 20 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Movement: [Chinese painting](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/chinese-painting)
- Subjects: Daoism, Ba Xian (Taoist mythology), Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1807.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1807/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/zhongli-quan-seeking-the-dao-si-fsg-f1916-114).