Portrait of a Chinese court lady playing flute

Unknown (Chinese)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

late 19th century

Height:

59.0 cm  (23 1/4 in.)

Width:

45.6 cm  (17 15/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Description

A Chinese woman is dressed in a blue robe and seated, playing the Chinese transverse flute known as the dizi or di, with a pipe and tea cup on a table by her side. The depicted Chinese calligraphy reads “When chatting you should avoid talking about others’ faults” (a portion of a Confucian proverb).

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Di [3919]

Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

3779