Court ladies preparing newly woven silk
Emperor Huizong 宋徽宗
(Chinese, 1082–1135, ruled 1100–1125)
Emperor Zhangzong 金章宗
(Jurchen-Chinese, ruled 1190–1208)
Zhang Shen 張紳
(Chinese, born in 1421)
Gao Shiqi 高士奇
(Chinese, 1645–1704)
Gao Shiqi 高士奇
(Chinese, 1645–1704)
Luo Wenbin 羅文彬
(Chinese, 1845 – 1903)
Luo Wenbin 羅文彬
(Chinese, 1845 – 1903)
early 12th century
Medium/TechniqueInk, color, and gold on silk
DimensionsOverall: 37.7 x 466 cm (14 13/16 x 183 7/16 in.)
Image: 37.1 x 145 cm (14 5/8 x 57 1/16 in.)
Image: 37.1 x 145 cm (14 5/8 x 57 1/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number12.886
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Provenance12th century, Emperor Huizong (b. 1082 - d. 1135), Song Dynasty; 1126, upon the defeat of the Northern Song Dynasty by the Jurchens, taken with the art collections to Manchuria; passed to Emperor Zhangzong (b. 1168 - d. 1208), Jin Dynasty. By 1697, Gao Shiqi (b. 1645 - d. 1704), Qing Dynasty. First half of the 19th century, Jin Futing, Shanghai. 1898, with Luo Wenbin (?). May, 1912, sold in Beijing, probably by Wanyan Jingxian (d. by 1928), to Okakura Kakuzo (b. 1862 - d. 1913) for the MFA. (Accession Date: September 5,1912)
Emperor Lizong
second quarter of the 13th century
Emperor Lizong
second quarter of the 13th century
