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Night Revels of Han Xizai
Night Revels of Han Xizai
Gu Hongzhong · c. 970 CE · Palace Museum, Beijing
A Southern Tang minister who suspects he is being watched throws louder and louder parties; the emperor sends Gu Hongzhong to spy, who records five scenes of the ensuing orgy. The surviving Song copy is one of the finest figural handscrolls in Chinese art.