Chinese woodcut: Daoist internal alchemy (15
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Woodcut illustration of the practice known as 'Putting the miraculous elixir on the tripod' from Xingming guizhi (Pointers on Spiritual Nature and Bodily Life) by Yi Zhenren, a Daoist text on internal alchemy published in 1615 (3rd year of the Wanli reign period of Ming dynasty). (Cataloguing incomplete)
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PICTURE TITLE: Putting the miraculous elixir on the tripod OTHER LETTERING: Cataloguing incomplete