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208-THE LADY OF THE RED CURTAIN
A most unusual and effective color arrangement has been
employed by the artist in this painting, built about a beau-
tiful woman, who is observed at three-quarter length, studi-
ously reading. She faces the right, three-quarters front,
her book held up in front of her over a table with a mottled
black, gray and white marble top. The pages of her flex-
ible book are a soft gray-white and its cover is a dark
green. Behind her is a gray wall, from which has been lifted
to one side a voluminous curtain of rich vermilion bordered
in black satin, its silken drawing-cord and tassels also black.
Her black hair, dressed high, is decked with expansive pe-
onies in white and pale green, a motive repeated in the orna-
mentation of her rose-colored gown, which has a shoulder-
mantle of delicate green.
Height, 27 inches)' width, 19% inches.
(Illustrated)

209- THE GOLD BRACELET
A young mandarin lady of beautiful and delicate features
is observed at three-quarters length, seated and facing al-
most fully to the front, with her right elbow resting on a
teakwood table and the hand carried lightly up to her chin.
Her left arm is crossed in front of her to bring that hand
to the table, where she holds a closed fan. Her head is bent
toward her left shoulder and she looks directly at the spec-
tator, with placid eyes and affable expression, mildly in-
terrogatory. In her dark hair are pearl ornaments. Her
robe of rich blue, lined with vermilion and worn over white
which is revealed at the wrists, is adorned in gold and silver
with roses, peonies and cherries, and melons, in detached
clusters, with butterflies intermingling, and on the wrist
that is held before her breast is a bright gold bracelet. She
is seen against a background of sky-blue.
Height, 29 inches J' width, 21 inches.
(Illustrated)