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Yang Guifei Leaving the Bath
1700s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This painting relates to the legendary love story between Tang dynasty (AD 618<strong>–</strong>906) emperor Xuanzong and his consort, the beautiful Yang Guifei. Yang’s nude body can be seen through the transparent red robe as she leaves the bath. Her servant offers her a bowl of soup; cross-dressed as a male scholar, her earrings reveal that the attendant is in fact a girl.
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- Title: Yang Guifei Leaving the Bath
- Date Created: 1700s
- Physical Dimensions: Painting only: 96.5 x 44.1 cm (38 x 17 3/8 in.); Overall with knobs: 231.8 x 73 cm (91 1/4 x 28 3/4 in.)
- Provenance: MCH Foundation, 2017, gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2017-
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.65
- Medium: hanging scroll, ink, colors and gold on silk
- Original Title: 楊貴妃出浴圖
- Fun Fact: Due to the warm and humid climate in China’s southeast, silk workshops specialized in making airy gauze garments, like the one worn by Yang Guifei here.
- Department: Chinese Art
- Culture: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
- Credit Line: Gift of The MCH Foundation
- Collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
- Accession Number: 2017.65
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