Court Ladies Preparing Newly Woven Silk, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

ART 403, Seminar: Gender & Painting in China

 

 

Prof. Lara Blanchard, Spring 2006

 

 

Detail of Court Ladies Preparing Newly Woven Silk, attributed to Emperor Huizong (r. 1101-1125),
Chinese, Northern Song dynasty, early 12th cent.; handscroll, ink, color and gold on silk, 37 x 145.3 cm.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Special Chinese and Japanese Fund (12.886); © 2006 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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