Portrait of a woman in white: Lu Meiniang 廬媚娘像
14th century
- Medium
- Ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- 116.5 × 42.1 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-127332
Lu Meiniang (Eyebrow Maiden Lu) was a concubine of the Tang emperor who later became a Daoist immortal. Allegedly she was born with long, threadlike eyebrows--hence her name. With a sheer white robe and the gauze cap of a Confucian scholar, Lu is dressed in the attire common among Tang court ladies. The slender proportions of the figure and sharp angular brushstrokes of the drapery folds reflect …
Provenance
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Registry history
- 14th century — Recorded in the collection of National Museum of Asian Art
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