Empress Dowager Guo

Granddaughter of the general who saved the dynasty, and the most eligible woman in China. Her husband refused to make her empress for fifteen years because it would have cramped him.

Painted by Xiang Li in watercolour and crushed gemstone pigment on silk, from The Chinese Empresses — a twelve-year series of 217 portraits. Reproduced as a giclée print on archival 360 gsm poly-cotton canvas, hand-stretched over solid wood with a mirrored wrap, so the whole painting stays on the front face.

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