Palace Ladies of the Cinnamon Hall and Orchid Palace
15th century
- Medium
- Ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.8 × 164.8 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-126067
This visually complex painting shows an exterior view of a palace harem, where the empress and imperial concubines took their leisure. Galleries and pavilions surround an artificial pond, in which two eunuchs calmly row a pair of pleasure craft past each other. In the pavilion at right, four other servants move furniture and sweep the floor, while palace ladies in elegant robes gather in small gr…
Provenance
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Registry history
- 15th century — Recorded in the collection of National Museum of Asian Art
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