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Source Description
Yü Chi was a famous painter of beauties. According to one interpretation, this court lady is about to write a love poem on the leaf, which she will then throw into a brook. It will float into the hands of a man who earlier had casually written a similar poem on a leaf and tossed it into a stream near the palace, where it was picked up by the lady depicted here.
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Document identity
localId
30594
label
Lady on a Bench
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
4
Source metadata
id
30594
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Lady on a Bench
description
Yü Chi was a famous painter of beauties. According to one interpretation, this court lady is about to write a love poem on the leaf, which she will then throw into a brook. It will float into the hands of a man who earlier had casually written a similar poem on a leaf and tossed it into a stream near the palace, where it was picked up by the lady depicted here.
provenance
Panama-Pacific International Exposition, China Pavilion, San Francisco, 1915 [no. 151]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1915, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1813 (Qing)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
kakemono
scroll paintings
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
100.3
height
45.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 39 1/2 x W: 18 in. (100.3 x 45.7 cm)
Source extras
cul
Chinese
inscriptions
[Inscription] 嘉慶癸酉春分前二日偶拾元人筆秋寶居士余集寫於余邸客次; [Seal] 秋寶居士 余集
dynasty
Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty
med
ink and color on paper
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6269
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CHN
exhibition_ids
none
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