Admonitions Scroll

The Admonitions Scroll, formally titled Admonitions of the Court Instructress, is a Chinese silk handscroll painting 329 centimetres long, traditionally attributed to the fourth century artist Gu Kaizhi though most scholars now date the surviving copy to between the fifth and eighth centuries. It illustrates a didactic text composed in 292 CE by the official Zhang Hua, written to admonish Empress Jia and instruct the women of the imperial court, through scenes of exemplary conduct among historical palace ladies; nine of the original twelve scenes survive in the copy held at the British Museum, while a complete twelve scene monochrome copy from the Southern Song period is held at the Palace Museum in Beijing. It is considered one of the earliest surviving examples of Chinese handscroll painting. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/