Palace ladies bathing children

Unidentified artist

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a painting of four women and four babies. The background of the painting is brown. Four women are wearing traditional Chinese clothing. Three of the women are sitting cross-legged on the floor, and one woman is sitting on a low stool. The women are positioned in two rows, with two in the top row and two in the bottom row. The babies are positioned among the women. Two of the babies are naked, and two are wearing clothing. There are some Chinese characters written vertically on either side of the painting. There are also some red seals or stamps on the painting, but they are not legible. A small white border surrounds the painting on the left and right sides.