Chinese History and Mythology
Dateca. 1920s
Maker
Chinese
Label TextRubbings of the Wu family shrines were made since the 11th century, when they were appreciated as artworks. Subsequently, partial images were mounted as scrolls and appreciated as works of art. Comprise the lower half of the left-hand side of the Left Shrine's south wall, this rubbing depicts, in the middle register, Jing Ke's heroic but failed assassination of King Ying Zheng (259-210 B.C.) in 227 B.C. Ying Zheng lived to unify China in 221 and reigned as the First Emperor.
Object number35.587.2
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Pure Amusements: Wealth, Leisure, and Culture in Late Imperial China, Dec. 24, 2016 - May 15, 2022 [on view Jan. 8 - Sept. 20, 2020].Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
MediumInk rubbing on paper
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