The Female Attendant Admonishing the Court Lady (Partial, Facing the Mirror)

The Female Attendant Admonishing the Court Lady (Partial, Facing the Mirror) is housed in the British Museum and is attributed to Gu Kaizhi from the Jin Dynasty. It depicts a beautiful court lady examining her charming appearance in the mirror, while another lady has her maidservant combing her long hair, resembling flowing dark clouds.

Jin Dynasty (266-420). Gu Kaizhi(so said) Silk scroll, colored 24.8cm*348.2cm overall. Collection of the British Museum, UK.

This piece is compiled from the Chinese edition of Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting by Foreign Languages Press and Yale University Press, translated by Chen Ying.