blaster
A Fixture
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Hi All,
since I am on a roll (just figured out how to post better shots), here's a Qing Dynasty official of the first rank. He wears a surcoat over his dragon robe. On the surcoat can be seen a Mandarin square depicting a crane facing a red sun. thus he represents a civilian official who displays birds on these squares (military official displays animals).
I am trying to depict the squalid conditions of Peking around that time. The barber has set up shop next to a monument and the curious bystander is a palanquin bearer (note his filthy robe). As the Mandarin Official is a cheapskate, he is having his ears pierced by a roadside barber. On the close-up, note the peacock feather on his mandarin summer hat. In his hand, the Mandarin official is grasping a long pipe on which dangles his purse, encouraging the barber to do a good job.
Rgds Victor
since I am on a roll (just figured out how to post better shots), here's a Qing Dynasty official of the first rank. He wears a surcoat over his dragon robe. On the surcoat can be seen a Mandarin square depicting a crane facing a red sun. thus he represents a civilian official who displays birds on these squares (military official displays animals).
I am trying to depict the squalid conditions of Peking around that time. The barber has set up shop next to a monument and the curious bystander is a palanquin bearer (note his filthy robe). As the Mandarin Official is a cheapskate, he is having his ears pierced by a roadside barber. On the close-up, note the peacock feather on his mandarin summer hat. In his hand, the Mandarin official is grasping a long pipe on which dangles his purse, encouraging the barber to do a good job.
Rgds Victor
