Empress Wu Zetian

A timber merchant’s daughter who entered the palace at fourteen, was sent to a convent at twenty-five, came back, took the throne at sixty-six, and ruled China as emperor in her own 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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