明 阮祖德 老婦像 軸, Portrait of an Old Lady, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), dated 'xinyou' (1561 or 1621?), China, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Image: 61 3/4 x 37 7/8 in. (156.8 x 96.2 cm), Paintings, Ruan Zude (Chinese, 16th or early 17th century), This image of an elegant elderly lady shows how the Chinese portrait painter conveyed a sense of status through a figure's accoutrements. The lady's wealth is suggested by her jewelry (gold-and-pearl earrings and an ornate headdress fashioned out of gold and kingfisher feathers), by her sumptuous outer robe of blue brocade and white underrobe fastened at the neck by gold clasps, and by the red-and-gold brocaded cloth draped over the back of her chair
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明, 阮祖德, 老婦像, 軸, Portrait, Old Lady, Ming dynasty, 1368–1644, dated, xinyou, 1561, 1621?, China, Hanging scroll, ink, color, silk, Image, 61 3/4 x 37 7/8, 156.8 96.2 cm, Paintings, Ruan Zude, Chinese, 16th or early 17th century, image, elegant elderly, lady, Chinese portrait, painter, conveyed, sense, status, figure, accoutrements, wealth, suggested, jewelry, gold, pearl earrings, ornate headdress, fashioned, out, kingfisher feathers, sumptuous outer, robe, blue brocade, white underrobe, fastened, neck, gold clasps, red brocaded, cloth, draped, back, chair
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