Inscription: dong yong. Too poor to be able to bury his father, he sold himself. On his way home from the burial he met a beautiful woman on the street. Following her instructions he went home with her and in the course of a month she wove two hundred bolts of silk to repay [dong yongs] debt to his master and after, she flew up to the heavens from where she had been sent to help dong yong because of his filial heart. Dimensions: 8 3/8 x 13 5/8 in. (image) 9 13/16 x 14 3/8 in. (sheet)
accession number 17. 144. Date: circa 1840.
