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Chinese scroll on silk from 18th century
- Title
- Chinese scroll on silk from 18th century.
- Format
- Image
- Published
- 1750-80.
- Description
- Scroll on silk, 11 5/8" x 14".
- Notes
- ISR 126.
- Summary
- A scroll including 11 panels all handpainted on silk. An 18th century copy of a Ming period scroll, Chi'u Ying style (c. 1550?) it may either be a story of separate scenes for enjoyment, not instruction. The embroidered end piece shows the seven lucky symbols of Buddhism.
- Kinsey subjects
- Art--China--18th century. Textiles. Scroll. Voyeurism. Homosexuality--China--18th century.