An ancestor portrait


Dated to the twelth year of Tongzhi, corresponding to 1872-1873 and of the periodInk and colour on silk, depicting an official in a blue robe above and between two ladies dressed in red robes, all beneath an Imperial memorandum written on blue paper and bordered with gilt five-clawed dragons, pasted above the portrait. 129cm (50 3/4in) long x 82cm (32 1/4in) wide.
|清同治十二年（公元1872或1873年） 朝服先祖像 設色絹本The memorial notes that the official Shi Zhen achieved recognition for his work from the Imperial Court and as a reward, his ancestor, Deng Shilang, was given a posthumous ninth rank.