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Pictures of Weaving

Painting
18th century (made)
Place of origin

Painting, rectangular in shape, depicting a landscape in muted tones. A series of busy figures are present within an outside terrace. Three female figures stretch out a long length of white fabric. Two smaller figures take refuge beneath it.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Pictures of Weaving (generic title)
  • 清 佚名 織圖:經 冊 (published title)
Materials and techniques
pictures: ink and colour on silk; text: ink on silk;
Brief description
Painting, 'Pictures of weaving', number twenty-three of a set of twenty-three, watercolour on silk, Chinese, Qing dynasty, 18th century
Physical description
Painting, rectangular in shape, depicting a landscape in muted tones. A series of busy figures are present within an outside terrace. Three female figures stretch out a long length of white fabric. Two smaller figures take refuge beneath it.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31cm
  • Width: 26.5cm
Object history
From an album of eleven pictures and accompanying texts, plus five decorative sheets of paper in a concertina format, numbered D.1648-1904 to D.1658-1904.
Purchased from Parsons & Sons, accessioned in 1904. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
D.1654-1904

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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