Fei Danxu-Yao Xie and His Wives, Fei Danxu

Yao xie and his wives (姚燮忏绮图). Handscroll, ink and color on paper (卷纸本设色). 31 x 128. 9 cm. Palace museum, beijing (北京故宫博物院藏). Yao xie (1805-1864) was a poet during the late qing dynasty. See barnhart, r. M. Et al. (1997). Three thousand years of chinese painting. New haven, yale university press. Isbn 0-300-07013-6 page 294. Date: Late Qing Dynasty - early 1800's.