Views from Jade Terrace: Chinese Women Artists, 1300-1912
玉台纵览：中国女画家作品展 (China House Gallery Title: 玉庭院所观)

Chinese women artists were commonly seen in the upper-class households and entertainment districts of imperial China. From the Yuan (1279–1368) to the Qing (1644– 1911) dynasties, many Chinese women created works of art and received recognition for their achievements by their contemporaries. They were often the female counterparts of the professionals and scholar painters whose theories and practices dominated later Chinese painting. Most of these women belonged to the gentry, some even to royal families, or were courtesans who served gentlemen of the elite class. Some were wives or daughters of professional painters, and others were concubines, nuns, courtiers, or women with unknown biographies. Forty-five paintings were selected and presented at the China Institute, with works from Guan Daosheng, Ma Shouzhen, Xue Susu, Empress Dowager Cixi, and Miao Jiahui.