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Chinese pictures of the emperor and ladies of the court
- Title
- Chinese pictures of the emperor and ladies of the court.
- Format
- Image
- Published
- 1750-1850.
- Description
- Paint on silk and paper, col.; 38 x 32 cm.
- Notes
- One art original. Size when mounted: 46 x 75 cm. File 2, shelf 7. Nine recataloged because of incorrect call numbers. Once F3 218Q A013.1, ISR 1287.
- Summary
- Each picture shows the emperor and a woman engaged in sexual intercourse or foreplay. In background ladies of the court talk or play games. Male attendants in some. Both indoor and garden settings are represented. Mounted on silk-lined paper backings which fold to cover the pictures.
- Kinsey subjects
- Art--China--19th century. Painting--China. Coitus. Covert in art.