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Pictures of anecdotes
(人畫掌故卷)
Ming dynasty 1368-1644
- Medium
- ink and colours on silk
- Measurements
- 40.7 × 593.0 cm (image)
- Place/s of Execution
- China
- Inscription
- inscribed in ink (in Chinese characters) on reverse c.l.:
stamped in red ink (in Chinese characters) on reverse c.l.:
stamped in red ink (in Chinese characters) on reverse c.l.: - Accession Number
- 1713-D4
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1956
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Gordon Darling Foundation - Gallery location
- Not on display
- Physical description
- The handscroll has basically three sections. Each section begins with a title of four seal characters, followed by a painting and then a piece of calligraphy. The first painting depicts possibly an Emperor of the Ming dynasty dressed in red and wearing the headdress of an emperor and seated looking into a garden of bare trees and two cranes. He is waited on by attendants with tea or wine. The second painting depicts possibly a Ming official dressed in red and holding a sceptre of office. One of the two attendants is holding a lantern. They are standing beside the red gate and wall of what appears to be outside of the Forbidden City in Beijing. It is as if the official is waiting for the gate to open to attend an audience with the Emperor. The third painting depicts a scene of procession of officials in a snowy forest with possibly the Emperor dressed in red robe with gold embroidery sitting in a palanquin. Like the officials he is wearing a hat for the outing.
