hanging scroll; painting BM-1881-1210-0.87.CH

Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1522-1566 (Jiajing reign)
Materials:silk
Technique:painted
Subjects:architecture official
Dimensions:Height: 170 centimetres (image) Height: 197 centimetres (scroll) Width: 110.80 centimetres (image) Width: 114.50 centimetres (scroll)

Description:
Hanging scroll. Portrait of an official in front of the Forbidden City. Painted in ink and colours on silk. Signature and seal.
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Comments:See Roderick Whitfield, ‘Some Che School Paintings in the British Museum, ‘Burlington Magazine’, May 1972, pp. 285-294. ’87. Excellent work.”Imperial Tomb.’ ‘Apotheosis?’ ‘Seal, Chu Pang (H.C.1500)”Fēng-Ch’i 豐嵠’ (unattributed annotations in the specially interleaved Japanese Study Room copy of Anderson 1886)