Delicate Craft No.2

A meticulous gongbi-style painting in rich colors depicts a noblewoman adorned with flowers, featuring delicate facial features and expressive eyes. Her garments are outlined using the ancient "high silk" line technique, with translucent layers of fabric revealing subtle hints of skin beneath. Hair ornaments and jade pendants are accentuated with gold powder.

Painting figures in fine-line style is challenging, especially the face. Subtle variations in the "three-white" technique—shading intensity and eyebrow/eye positioning—can completely alter the expression. Painting figures inside a teapot magnifies this challenge many times over.