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ANONYMOUS (17TH-18TH CENTURY)
PORTRAIT OF A MANCHU LADY
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on silk
63.5 x 48.5 cm. (25 x 23 in.)
It is suggested that the lady depicted in this portrait is the grand mother of the Kangxi emperor (reigned 1662-1722), the Empress Xiaozhuang. The Empress Xiaozhuang was born in the forty-first year of the Wanli era (1613), and married Huang Taiji in the tenth year of the Tianfu era (1625). She was made a consort of the Yongfu Palace in the first year of the Chongde era (1636), and gave birth to the Shunzhi emperor (reigned 1644-1661) in the third year of the Chongde era (1638). During both Emperors Shunzhi and Kangxi's reign, the Empress Xiaozhuang was active in politics. She died in the tewnty-sixth year of the Kangxi era (1687). For a oomparision of this portrait to another of the Empress Xiaozhuang, see Zijincheng Dihou Shenghuo (Lives of the Emperors and Empresses in the Forbidden City), Palace Museum Beijing, 1983, p.9
PORTRAIT OF A MANCHU LADY
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on silk
63.5 x 48.5 cm. (25 x 23 in.)
It is suggested that the lady depicted in this portrait is the grand mother of the Kangxi emperor (reigned 1662-1722), the Empress Xiaozhuang. The Empress Xiaozhuang was born in the forty-first year of the Wanli era (1613), and married Huang Taiji in the tenth year of the Tianfu era (1625). She was made a consort of the Yongfu Palace in the first year of the Chongde era (1636), and gave birth to the Shunzhi emperor (reigned 1644-1661) in the third year of the Chongde era (1638). During both Emperors Shunzhi and Kangxi's reign, the Empress Xiaozhuang was active in politics. She died in the tewnty-sixth year of the Kangxi era (1687). For a oomparision of this portrait to another of the Empress Xiaozhuang, see Zijincheng Dihou Shenghuo (Lives of the Emperors and Empresses in the Forbidden City), Palace Museum Beijing, 1983, p.9