Suzhou Export Prints: Pictures of Beauties and Infants.
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| Year of publication | 2021 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | Based on a recent finding in a repository in the Slatiňany castle (Bohemia), this paper examines the set of 32 coloured prints featuring beautiful women, some of them with infants, engaged in play and leisure. They were executed in the refined style of the Suzhou tradition, and fall into a well-established topical category: meiren tu. As is evident from the depicted coiffure, clothing, and furniture, etc., these images date from the Kangxi period, i.e. the early 18th century. They were produced for export and consequently, the like of them are not seen in China any more, but in a few collections abroad. |