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Court ladies preparing newly woven silk

(Chinese, 1082–1135, ruled 1100–1125)
(Jurchen-Chinese, ruled 1190–1208)
(Chinese, born in 1421)
(Chinese, 1645–1704)
(Chinese, 1645–1704)
(Chinese, 1845 – 1903)
(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.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number12.886
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ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
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)
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