Prince Yong’s Inscription Hall, Deep Dwelling Picture Screen, Fur Clothes, Mirror Axis

[Prince Yong’s Inscription Hall Deep Dwelling Screen · Fur Clothes to Mirror Axis]

“Prince Yong’s Inscription Hall Deep Dwelling Screen · Fur Clothes to Mirror” Axis, Qing Dynasty, painted by court painters, silk, color setting, 184 cm vertically and 98 cm horizontally
This is one of the 12 pictures of Prince Yong’s Inscription Hall
The lady in the picture is dressed in fur, with one hand resting on the stove to keep warm, and the other hand holding a bronze mirror. She admires the mirror attentively, but the helpless feeling of “cherishing the light and dark candle room” overflows over her eyebrows. In the background of the painting is a seven-character poem hanging scroll in cursive style with sound ink, and the inscription is “the topic of breaking the dust”. “Breaking the dust” is the nickname of Emperor Yongzheng himself when he was the prince of Yong. It shows his interest in keeping his heart and mind clean and not asking about honor or disgrace
The figures in this picture, like other paintings, are vivid and accurate in shape, meticulous and precise in brushwork, which is the style of courtyard painting in the early Song Dynasty. The difference is that the composition of this painting is ingenious. The author skillfully painted a half window on the left side of the painting, through which the tall green bamboo can be seen outside the window. Green bamboo and indoor bonsai not only form an elegant echo and add a lot of interest, but also expand the limited realistic space of the interior to the unlimited imagination space of the outdoor, and strengthen the depth of the painting.