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Birthday Portrait of a Young Manchu Lady, c. 1800-1850, 45 3/16 × 26 5/8 in. (114.8 × 67.6 cm) (image)83 × 34 15/16 in. (210.8 × 88.7 cm) (without roller)86 1/8 × 39 1/16 in. (218.8 × 99.2 cm) (mount, with roller), Ink and color on silk, China, 18th-19th century, This aristocratic young woman wears a blue robe adorned with circular shou (longevity) characters, telling us that her portrait was commissioned to celebrate her birthday. She is seated at a lacquered table on a garden terrace, wearing a fashionable hairstyle and surrounded by refined and expensive objects. On the table near her elbow are a snuff bottle, fan, ruyi (wish-granting) scepter, and a porcelain flower vase. At her feet are a blue-and-white flowerpot and an unusual tissue container or sewing box, possibly made in Europe. Both objects are lavishly decorated with butterflies, an auspicious motif whose Chinese character (die) is a pun for the word meaning 'age 70'another way of wishing someone a long, happy life.
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Birthday Portrait of a Young Manchu Lady, c. 1800-1850, 45 3/16 × 26 5/8 in. (114.8 × 67.6 cm) (image)83 × 34 15/16 in. (210.8 × 88.7 cm) (without roller)86 1/8 × 39 1/16 in. (218.8 × 99.2 cm) (mount, with roller), Ink and color on silk, China, 18th-19th century, This aristocratic young woman wears a blue robe adorned with circular shou (longevity) characters, telling us that her portrait was commissioned to celebrate her birthday. She is seated at a lacquered table on a garden terrace, wearing a fashionable hairstyle and surrounded by refined and expensive objects. On the table near her elbow are a snuff bottle, fan, ruyi (wish-granting) scepter, and a porcelain flower vase. At her feet are a blue-and-white flowerpot and an unusual tissue container or sewing box, possibly made in Europe. Both objects are lavishly decorated with butterflies, an auspicious motif whose Chinese character (die) is a pun for the word meaning 'age 70'another way of wishing someone a long, happy life.
Credit:
Album / quintlox
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Image size:
3320 x 5623 px | 53.4 MB
Print size:
28.1 x 47.6 cm | 11.1 x 18.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1800-1850 • 18TH-19TH CENTURY • ARISTOCRATIC YOUNG WOMAN WEARS • AUSPICIOUS MOTIF • BARREL • BIRTHDAY PORTRAIT • BIRTHDAY • BLUE ROBE ADORNED • BLUE-AND-WHITE FLOWERPOT • BUTTERFLIES • CELEBRATE • CHARACTERS • CHINA • CHINE • CHINESE CHARACTER • CHINESE • CIRCULAR SHOU • COLOR • COLOUR • COMMISSIONED • CURLER • CYLINDER (BARREL) • DIÉ • DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA • DIURNALS • DRUM • ELBOW GUARD • ELBOW • EUROPA • EUROPE • EXPENSIVE OBJECTS • FAN • FASHIONABLE HAIRSTYLE • FEET • GARDEN TERRACE • HAPPY LIFE • IMAGE • INK • LACQUERED TABLE • LAVISHLY DECORATED • LONG • LONGEVITY • MOUNT • OBJECTS • OBJETS • PORCELAIN FLOWER VASE • PORCELAIN • PORTRAIT • POTRAIT • PUN • REFINED • ROLLER • RUYI • SCEPTER • SCEPTRE • SEATED • SEWING BOX • SILK • SITTING • SNUFF BOTTLE • STAFF • SURROUNDED • TABLE • TELLING US • TEXTILES: SILK • UNUSUAL TISSUE CONTAINER • WEARING • WISH-GRANTING • WISHING SOMEONE • WORD MEANING AGE 70'ANOTHER WAY • YOUNG MANCHU LADY
