Zhao Feiyan Dancing (Translation)
趙飛燕冊頁 清晚期 潘驥呈 綾本設色 (Primary Title)
Woman in Pink Waist and Figured Tunic (Former Title)
Pan Jicheng, active 1880s - 1920s Chinese (Artist)
The first mention of the Han dynasty dancer and musician Zhao Feiyan appeared in the Diverse Notes on the Western Capital, a Chinese text published in the 4th century. This painting depicts Feiyan wearing long sleeves, and dancing with a brown ribbon. The golden phoenix crown reveals her royal status as Empress of Chengdi (reigned 33–7 BC). The artist revealed in the inscription that this work was dedicated to his father’s friend and painted in his studio six days before New Year’s Eve 1889.
Qing dynasty, Guangxu period (1875-1908)
潘驥呈 Pan Jicheng
驥呈 Jicheng
趙飛燕 歲在光緒屠維赤奮若[已丑年]除夕前六日 寫於慕蓮館以應 劍堂世叔大人雅屬 侄潘驥呈學塗 (Zhao Feiyan, dedicated to Uncle Jiantang, painted by nephew Pan Jicheng in the Mulian Studio, six days prior to the New Year's Eve of the Guangxu reign in 1889)
Bequest of Mr. Charles B. Samuels
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