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搗練圖卷 (傳 宋徽宗)
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Court ladies preparing newly woven silk
搗練圖卷 (傳 宋徽宗)
Attributed to: Emperor Huizong 宋徽宗 (Chinese, 1082–1135, ruled 1100–1125)
Inscribed by: Emperor Zhangzong 金章宗 (Jurchen-Chinese, ruled 1190–1208)
Colophon by: Zhang Shen 張紳 (Chinese, born in 1421)
Label written by: Gao Shiqi 高士奇 (Chinese, 1645–1704)
Colophon by: Gao Shiqi 高士奇 (Chinese, 1645–1704)
Label written by: Luo Wenbin 羅文彬 (Chinese, 1845 – 1903)
Colophon by: Luo Wenbin 羅文彬 (Chinese, 1845 – 1903)
Inscribed by: Emperor Zhangzong 金章宗 (Jurchen-Chinese, ruled 1190–1208)
Colophon by: Zhang Shen 張紳 (Chinese, born in 1421)
Label written by: Gao Shiqi 高士奇 (Chinese, 1645–1704)
Colophon by: Gao Shiqi 高士奇 (Chinese, 1645–1704)
Label written by: Luo Wenbin 羅文彬 (Chinese, 1845 – 1903)
Colophon by: Luo Wenbin 羅文彬 (Chinese, 1845 – 1903)
Chinese
Northern Song dynasty
early 12th century
Medium/Technique
Ink, color, and gold on silk
Dimensions
Overall: 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 Line
Chinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession Number12.886
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
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)