Xiwangmu (西王母)

Rare Edition 1 of 1
Chromoluxe Metal Print
Recycled Wooden Frame
Print Size 30 x 45cm
Frame Size 40.5 x 56cm

Xiwangmu is said to reside on the mythological Mount Kulun—which the modern Mount Kulun is named after—where she tends to the Peaches of Immortality. As their name suggests, eating these peaches (which only ripen every 3,000 years) will grant eternal life, and Xiwangmu was known to serve them to deserving guests at banquets. It is these very peaches which the Monkey King, Sun Wukong, steals and consumes in the popular tale Journey to the West, thereby receiving immortal powers.