Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1798-1803
Materials:paper
Technique:engraving
Subjects:history
Dimensions:Height: 51 centimetres Width: 88.50 centimetres
Description:
Plate 14 in a series of 16 copper-plate engravings of Qianlong’s campaign against the Miao (1795). Chinese soldiers, equipped with guns, swords, spears, arrows and cannon, attacking the Miao and setting fire to buildings; in the middle ground to left, a settlement or village on fire, the inhabitants in disarray. Engraved on two sheets of thin paper, conjoined. Poem and seal.
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Comments:According to Pirazzoli-T’Serstevens, the poems accompanying the engravings are dated 1798, and the engravings with poems appeared in 1798-1803. The sketches for the engravings are attributed to the Court painter Feng Ning.On the back of the mount is inscribed in later hands, “Miao”. “no.14” and “No.6”.
Materials:paper
Technique:engraving
Subjects:history
Dimensions:Height: 51 centimetres Width: 88.50 centimetres
Description:
Plate 14 in a series of 16 copper-plate engravings of Qianlong’s campaign against the Miao (1795). Chinese soldiers, equipped with guns, swords, spears, arrows and cannon, attacking the Miao and setting fire to buildings; in the middle ground to left, a settlement or village on fire, the inhabitants in disarray. Engraved on two sheets of thin paper, conjoined. Poem and seal.
IMG
Comments:According to Pirazzoli-T’Serstevens, the poems accompanying the engravings are dated 1798, and the engravings with poems appeared in 1798-1803. The sketches for the engravings are attributed to the Court painter Feng Ning.On the back of the mount is inscribed in later hands, “Miao”. “no.14” and “No.6”.
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