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Description: | Miniature painting depicting a Chinese woman playing an erhu. One of a series of four Chinese export paintings on pith paper, depicting studies of female musicians. The woman sits on a pouf covered in red brocade, with the instrument on her lap, holding the ehru in her left hand and the bow in her right hand. A red lotus shoe can just be seen peeking out from under the right leg of her flowing trousers. The scene is finely painted in brightly-coloured gouache on thin, translucent pith paper. The gouache does not absorb into the pith paper, instead staying in a layer on the surface, giving the painting a low-relief effect. Quite roughly painted shapes for the hands and face can be clearly seen from the reverse of the painting. The paper is cracking in several places and some pieces are missing. | Subjects: | painting paintings miniatures (paintings) visual works | Source: | Vads | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=240... | Go to resource |
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