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Poem:

織女渡河
銀漢無橋待鵲填，湔車惆悵過年年。七襄枉自堆雲錦，難與牽牛抵聘錢。
墨琴女史題。
The Weaving Maiden Crossing the Milky Way
The Milky Way has no bridge; one must wait for [a flock of] magpies to form it,
Year after year, she regretted the error of her past.
By the seventh day of the seventh month, she had produced piles of brocades,
Yet they could not be the dowry for her betrothal to the cowherd boy.
Inscribed by Moqin Nüshi.

Seal:

曹貞秀
Cao Zhenxiu

Seal:

墨琴
Moqin

This is part of the album Famous Women (列女圖):

• 
  麻姑賣酒
  The Maiden Magu Selling Wine
• 
  紅拂梳頭
  Lady Hongfu Combing her Hair
• 
  彩鸞寫韻
  Cailuan Copied the Rhyme Dictionary
• 
  王母瑤池
  Queen Mother [of the West] by the Celestial Pond
• 
  宣文授經
  Lady Xuanwen Teaching the Classics
• 
  昭容枰詩
  Zhaorong Appraising Poetry
• 
  孟光提甕
  Meng Guang Carrying an Urn
• 
  織女渡河
  The Weaving Maiden Crossing the Milky Way
• 
  玉真入道
  Yuzhen’s Conversion to Daoism
• 
  羅敷採桑
  Luofu Harvesting Mulberry Leaves
• 
  二喬觀書
  The Qiao Sisters Reading Books Together
• 
  班昭修史
  Ban Zhao Writing History
• 
  天女散花
  The Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers
• 
  衛鑠臨池
  Madame Wei Shuo Practicing Calligraphy
• 
  仲姬內宴
  Zhongji’s Audience in the Inner Court
• 
  石砫請纓
  Madame Xi Volunteering Her Services
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• Famous Women. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• MetCollects—Episode 10 / 2017: Famous Women Album. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.