Prince Yong’s Inscription Hall, the picture screen of the deep residence, holds the table to the chrysanthemum axis

[Prince Yong’s Inscription Hall’s Inscription Screen • Holding Table to Chrysanthemum Axis]

The Inscription Hall of Prince Yong’s Inscription Screen • Holding Table to Chrysanthemum Axis, Qing Dynasty, painted by court painters, silk, colored, 184 cm vertically and 98 cm horizontally
This is one of the 12 pictures of Prince Yong’s Inscription Hall
The painting lady sits beside the desk with a beautiful enamel watch. There are chrysanthemums in the two-eared white porcelain vase of the official kiln on the table, indicating that it is in August. Six volumes of books in one letter add a scholarly atmosphere to the room. Its background wall is hung with Dong Qichang’s poems, calligraphic works and the flute of the Ming Dynasty, which form an interesting contrast with the watches in the hands of ladies. The rich oriental traditional cultural atmosphere and the advanced science and technology from the West complement each other in the life of women in the court of the Qing Dynasty
This figure is striking with its fine description. In the picture, Dong Qichang’s large calligraphic works are carefully written by the author in small script. Although the handwriting is small, the characters can be distinguished, and the style of the Southern style of Dong’s characters is elegant and beautiful, and is famous for its beauty, which shows the author’s talent for both painting and calligraphy. In the picture, the tables, ladies’ robes, and even books and letters are decorated with gorgeous patterns, which are also carefully sketched by the author with neat strokes. From this, we can see the luxurious materials, exquisite workmanship, and the extreme decorative features of poor workers of the palace utensils