Empress Ma (Empress Mingde)

Daughter of a general who died in disgrace, and the only empress in Chinese history who held the highest position available to a woman for nineteen years and never once used it to restore her own family’s name.

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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