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Rare polychrome fresco, with traces of silk, China,Tang Dynasty, (618-907), depicting empress Wu Zetian with a imperial yellow dress, supporting a lantern between her handsThe empress has got a lady-in-waiting at her side that wears the same earrings and the same hair style of the empress, reminds that Wu Zetian, before becoming empress, in her youth was at rst a concubine and afterwards she was appointed fth lady-in-waiting. The author, with this painting, intends express the greatness of the empress.The lantern symbolizes the light that the empress Wu Zetian represents for her people, the star that lightens China.
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Rare polychrome fresco, with traces of silk, China,Tang Dynasty, (618-907), depicting empress Wu Zetian with a imperial [..]
cm 69,5x49
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L’Imperatrice ha al suo fianco una dama di corte che indossa gli stessi orecchini e la stessa pettinatura dell’imperatrice a ricordare che Wu Zetian, prima di divenire imperatrice, in gioventù fu prima una concubina e successivamente venne nominata quinta dama di corte. L’autore con questo dipinto intende esprimere la grandezza dell’Imperatrice. La lanterna simboleggia la luce che Wu Zetian rappresenta per il suo popolo, l’astro che illumina la Cina.
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