Mirror Case with Lunar Scene (Top left & right) Mirror Case with Design of Boys at Play (Bottom left & right) 19th century, Qing dynasty (1644–1911) Silk and metallic-thread embroidery on silk gauze Dimensions: 17 x 17 in. (43.18 x 43.18 cm) & 16 ½ x 16 ½ in. (41.9 x 41.9 cm)
Silk Tang dynasty outfit based on a ceramic tomb figure.
There’s a version for the budget-conscious customer that comes with a synthetic underskirt. But if we’re already at this price point, shouldn’t we splash out for real silken goodness right up against the derriere.
Yessss, titties out is the historically accurate option.
Titties covered.
Again, titties out is the way to go.
I do believe these photos were taken at the filming site for The Rise of Phoenixes.
But wait, there’s another colorway based on another Tang dynasty tomb figure! Therein lies the shopping cart indecision.
Do I actually like this colorway better or is it just because the model is recreating the pose with a cat?
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Antique Chinese Textile
Silk Plain Wefts
Silk Brocading Wefts with gold thread.
Ming Dynasty
1368- 1644 A.D.
Fragment of a robe (pao), Chinese (1880-90).
Silk embroidered with silk and couched with gold-wrapped thread.
Image and text information courtesy MFA Boston.
Unknown, Chair Cover (detail), Chinese, 17th century, Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). Silk kesi tapestry weaves, 20 3/8 x 63 ¾ in. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Morse, 59-18/5
Silk funeral cape of Lady Dai (died 163 B.C.) Western Han dynasty
Peonies by Yun Shouping (惲壽平). Painting on silk scroll. Qing dynasty.
Yun Shouping was a prominent artist of the Qing dynasty, known as one of the “Six Masters” of the time period. Yun devoted himself to art from a young age, studying landscape composition and poetry. Upon reviewing the masterpieces of other landscape artists and recognizing that he would never surpass their work, Yun shifted his focus to nature paintings, encompassing smaller-scale subjects like birds, flowers, insects, and bamboo.
Yun is often credited with the revival of flower paintings in China. He developed a unique style of “boneless” painting—stippling directly without an inked outline. Demonstrated in Peonies, this technique lent his blossoms a free and natural character paired with the brilliant hues he preferred.
Pigeon on a Peach Branch (桃鸠图). Emperor Huizong of Song (宋徽宗). Color on silk. 1108.
Born Zhao Ji (趙佶), Emperor Huizong was the eighth ruler of the Song dynasty in China. Since Huizong was the eleventh son of the former emperor, he spent most of his time in artistic pursuits rather than in political ones, so his ascension to the throne was with reluctance after the death of his ten older brothers. Although his political reputation was marred by inadequacy in state affairs and abdication among foreign invasion, he is still remembered as a talented calligrapher, painter, poet, musician, and patron of the arts.
This gongbi style painting on silk depicts a pigeon perched upon a blooming peach branch. The inscription reads “大觀丁亥御筆天” (“大观丁亥御笔天” in simplified Chinese). “丁亥” refers to to the year 1107 when the emperor was only 26 years old, and “御笔” means that it was painted by the emperor.
Cranes of Good Omen, emparor Huizong (patron only?) c. 1112, China.
hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk, 51 × 138.2 cm. (Liaoning Provincial Museum)
Title: Welcoming Spring
Artist: Unidentified Artist Chinese, 14th–15th century
Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Medium: Silk embroidery on silk gauze
In Chinese, both goat and sheep are called yang, a word also associated with growth, warmth, and light. Together with two boys, these animals may be read as a visual pun extending warm wishes for a good New Year. Red seals along both sides of the panel state that it was in the collection of the emperor Qinalong (r. 1736–95). (x)
Canopy with Dragons and Phoenixes
China (Yuan Dynasty)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Title: Panel with Phoenixes and Flowers
Medium: Silk and metallic thread embroidery on silk gauze
A marvelous embroidery work, this canopy represents two powerful phoenixes that strongly resemble a fourteenth-century stone relief panel unearthed in Dadu, the capital city of the Yuan dynasty (now Beijing). Although the precise function is unclear, it may have been designed as canopy for use in a tent by a member of the ruling Mongol family. (x)