Empress Xiao Hui (Zhang Yan)

Married to her own uncle at about ten years old, on her grandmother’s orders. She held the highest title available to a woman in China and never had a moment of power.

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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