handscroll; painting BM-1881-1210-0.98.CH

Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1644-1911
Materials:silk
Technique:painted

Dimensions:Height: 31.90 centimetres Length: 505 centimetres

Description:
Handscroll. Physical excercises for the 24 divisions of the year, with explanatory inscriptions. Painted in ink and colours on silk.
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Comments:’98. Taoistic precepts for the exercises to be practised during 24 seasons of the year: each is explained separately & this is a general explanation at the end.’ (unattributed annotations in the specially interleaved Japanese Study Room copy of Anderson 1886)