Jun Wu
Rinsing silk threads in river
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Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
This painting is from an album depicting the silk industry. Women rinsed the raw silk threads in water to remove the sericin gum and other oily substances which stuck the threads together. The romanticised theme of women rinsing silk by the riverside has long been a popular subject in Chinese poetry and painting.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- D.918-1901
In the catalog
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
