Copyright: BnF

ID: 23
Ressource_Provider: Jérôme Bourgon
Title: Lingchi (woman)
DocumentNature: Watercolor
Repository: BNF
Color: Color
Caption: no caption
Particulars: Watercolor on pith-paper
Topic: Lingchi 凌遲
Description: A standard topic, represented here in an unusual way: two characters only (executioner and criminal), and facial mutilation, with the usual breast mutilation, maybe reminiscent of Ste Agathe martyrdom.
Keyword: lingchi, breasts, nipples, post, woman

Related Replication (1)

1  Ressource_Provider: Jérôme Bourgon
    Title: Crucifixion-like lingchi (with breast tortures, mostly)
    Information: One of the most frequently reproduced model represented a convict, most of the time a woman, tyed on a pole similar to the Christian cross, and having his breast tortured as a preliminary to dismemberment. The model might have been provided by Christian iconography, for instance the "Martyrdom of St Agatha", who had her nipples cut by tortioners. Christian cross can also be found on crucifixion-like stranguation and decapitation. Variations include tortioners handling a kind of screen against blood pollution, and starting disembowelment instead of (or joined to?) breast wounds.

Related VisualSet (1)

1  Title: Aquarelles de la Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF)
    DocumentNature: Watercolor

Derniére modification le : 2006-03-14