1.3.02026-08-28teckning, målningRådata1173754objektStatens museer för världskultur - Etnografiska museetSMVK-EMFöremålhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/11737541935.50.4500, H.4500Målning på papper. Fragmentarisk. Från trakten av Turfan. Föreställer en stående kvinna. Inskription av stilen etc. att döma från Tangperioden. (katalogkort)One can see at a glance that this is an original work from the T'ang period. It is a sketch which — judging by the accompanying text — is intended as a greeting from a lady to a close relative, perhaps a proud mother's boasting about the achievements of her talented son. The fragment can best be described as a water-coloured drawing in Indian ink, on an uncut sheet of paper in the original size (23.5 X 40.5 cm.) it,had when it left the paper-maker's workshop. The central part of it is occupied by the figure of a standing woman, her head in half-profile, looking to the left. Her right hand is raised to her breast, holding a narrow ribbon, one end of which hangs far down along the dress. Her hair has been put up in the fashion which seems to have been prevalent among ladies of high society during the T'ang dynasty. Grave figures from this period show numerous variations of this fashion,, which, however, all have a common characteristic in that the hair falls in heavy pads around the head and is gathered up in a knot over the forehead. In our drawing, as in many other cases, the topknot is evidently wrapped in a piece of grey cloth and fastened with pins which can be glimpsed at the top .... At one side of the picture, another hand has written a row of bold characters reading in translation: "The ninth lady said — The son of the fourth elder sister began to learn drawing. Whenever the fourth elder sister thinks of her son, she looks (may look) at this." The sketch bears witness that the son of the fourth elder sister was really well advanced in his art. His drawing is lifelike, sensitive, and sure in style. Perhaps this may be an anonymous early work of one of the great artists of the period (Montell 1950), This image is often referred as "Ninth Daughter's Self Portrait" (Jiuniang zihua xiang). it was discovered in Turfan and dated to the mid-8th century. The colophon reads: Ninth Daughter says to [her] Fourth Elder Sister, I just started to learn how to paint, if Fourth Elder Sister misses me, glances at it at once. , Mail från Ping Yao (2021)., Leth, André (1953). Chinese art. A selection of the exhibits shown at the Museum of decorative arts, Copenhagen 1950, Montell, Gösta (1950) A Sketch from the T'ang period, Ethnos, 15:3-4, 101-107, Turfan, Hedinexpeditionen, fjärde centralasiatiska expeditionen (1927-1935), "...native employees and guides. A man of this latter category once gave Sven Hedin a fragment of paper which he had carelessly pasted on a sheet of ordinary ruled paper. This happened in the vicinity of Turfan. For years this document lay unheeded, until [Montell] was entrusted with it in 1941". (Montell 1950)FörvärvadHedin, Sven AndersTillverkad0700, 0800UrsprungAsienFunnenKina, Turpan, XinjiangLånadDesignmuseum Danmarkimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/tn/25425533/1935.50.4500ts.jpghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/25425532/1935.50.4500ts.jpghttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byUppgift om fotograf saknasStatens museer för världskulturimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/tn/1193988/1935.50.4500.jpghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/1193987/1935.50.4500.jpghttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byEtnografiska museet, StockholmStatens museer för världskulturimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/tn/25425523/1935.50.4500_alt1ts.jpghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/25425522/1935.50.4500_alt1ts.jpghttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byUppgift om fotograf saknasStatens museer för världskulturimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/tn/25425527/1935.50.4500_alt2ts.jpghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/25425526/1935.50.4500_alt2ts.jpghttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byUppgift om fotograf saknasStatens museer för världskulturhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/samling/1008325http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/fotografi/4012408http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/fotografi/4012413http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/fotografi/26410152http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q467http://libris.kb.se/bib/3410969http://libris.kb.se/bib/2771917https://kulturnav.org/85f22960-b1b1-47e4-811b-2e47000b0669http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/1001508http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/25095910http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/html/1173754http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/xml/1173754http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/rdf/117375489.182222222222,42.95