Period:Qing dynasty Production date:c. 1690-c. 1720
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock
Subjects:food/drink
Dimensions:Height: 25 centimetres (image) Height: 28.20 centimetres (paper) Width: 27 centimetres (image) Width: 28.90 centimetres (paper)
Description:
Multi-coloured woodblock print on paper. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang dynasty and other figures on a terrace watching Li Bai write a poem on the floor. Blue, yellow, purple and grey tones.
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![图片[1]-print BM-1928-0323-0.27-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00220433_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-print BM-1928-0323-0.27-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00711817_001.jpg)
Comments:The scene shows the Tang dynasty emperor Xuanzong (r. 712-756) on a terrace watching the poet Li Bai (701-762) who is casually sitting on the floor. Li Bai whirls his brush and – inspired by wine – creates a poem celebrating the beauty of the emperor’s favourite consort Yang Yuhuan (719-756). It is probable that the court lady holding the ink for Li Bai is Yang herslef, while the man kneeling on the ground and helping the poet take off his boot is the eunuch Gao Lishi (684-762). An inscription in the upper part of the scene refers to the poem ‘Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup’ by another Tang dynasty poet Du Fu (712–770). The line celebrates Li Bai’s love for drink and his untrammelled personality. The stage-like scene illustrates a verse of the poem Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup (Yinzhong baxian ge) by the famous Tang poet Du Fu (AD 712–770). The poem relates the joyful drinking habits of eight high officials, poets and calligraphers during the reign of Emperor Minghuang (ruled 713–756). Illustrations of Du Fu’s poem appear in ink paintings of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) as well as on porcelain of the Shunzhi (1644–61) and Kangxi (1662–1722) periods.
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock
Subjects:food/drink
Dimensions:Height: 25 centimetres (image) Height: 28.20 centimetres (paper) Width: 27 centimetres (image) Width: 28.90 centimetres (paper)
Description:
Multi-coloured woodblock print on paper. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang dynasty and other figures on a terrace watching Li Bai write a poem on the floor. Blue, yellow, purple and grey tones.
IMG
Comments:The scene shows the Tang dynasty emperor Xuanzong (r. 712-756) on a terrace watching the poet Li Bai (701-762) who is casually sitting on the floor. Li Bai whirls his brush and – inspired by wine – creates a poem celebrating the beauty of the emperor’s favourite consort Yang Yuhuan (719-756). It is probable that the court lady holding the ink for Li Bai is Yang herslef, while the man kneeling on the ground and helping the poet take off his boot is the eunuch Gao Lishi (684-762). An inscription in the upper part of the scene refers to the poem ‘Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup’ by another Tang dynasty poet Du Fu (712–770). The line celebrates Li Bai’s love for drink and his untrammelled personality. The stage-like scene illustrates a verse of the poem Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup (Yinzhong baxian ge) by the famous Tang poet Du Fu (AD 712–770). The poem relates the joyful drinking habits of eight high officials, poets and calligraphers during the reign of Emperor Minghuang (ruled 713–756). Illustrations of Du Fu’s poem appear in ink paintings of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) as well as on porcelain of the Shunzhi (1644–61) and Kangxi (1662–1722) periods.
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![[Qing Dynasty] British female painter—Elizabeth Keith, using woodblock prints to record China from the late Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China—1915-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/image-191x300.png)
