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Portrait of a woman in ornate blue and green historical clothing and tall dark headpiece.

Portrait of a woman in ornate blue and green historical clothing and tall dark headpiece.

They tried to dress her in hanfu, but she negotiated: the high-waisted gowns would be tailored to accommodate her sash; her wide gele would be stitched from Qing brocade. Aderonke became a walking symbol of impossible unity—a sun gilded in jade. See more