Period:Unknown Production date:1784
Materials:paper
Technique:engraving, etching,
Subjects:military ceremony/ritual attendant
Dimensions:Height: 266 millimetres (plate mark) Width: 427 millimetres
Description:
Plate VI: in the middle ground to right, the Emperor on horseback, followed by ranks of infantry, approaches a circular stand on which are standards taken from the enemy; all around are more soldiers (some standing next to their horses) and attendants, with to right, some figures blowing long horns; a few officers approach the stand; in the foreground, canopies and tents, some enclosed; mountains beyond. 1784 Etching and engraving Reduced version of Plate 15 of original set: [The Emperor] goes to the suburbs to hear [in person] the news of the officers and soldiers who had distinguished themselves in the campaign against the Muslim tribes ([L’Empereur se rend] dans la banlieue pour prendre [personellement] des nouvelles des officiers et des soldats qui se sont distingués dans la campagne contre les tribus musulmanes)
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Comments:For a description of the set, see comment for 1877,0714.1505.For a description of the ritual represented in this scene, see Joanna Waley-Cohen, ‘Commemorating War in Eighteenth-Century China’, Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 30, Vol. 4, Special Issue: War in Modern China (Oct. 1996), pp. 869-899.
Materials:paper
Technique:engraving, etching,
Subjects:military ceremony/ritual attendant
Dimensions:Height: 266 millimetres (plate mark) Width: 427 millimetres
Description:
Plate VI: in the middle ground to right, the Emperor on horseback, followed by ranks of infantry, approaches a circular stand on which are standards taken from the enemy; all around are more soldiers (some standing next to their horses) and attendants, with to right, some figures blowing long horns; a few officers approach the stand; in the foreground, canopies and tents, some enclosed; mountains beyond. 1784 Etching and engraving Reduced version of Plate 15 of original set: [The Emperor] goes to the suburbs to hear [in person] the news of the officers and soldiers who had distinguished themselves in the campaign against the Muslim tribes ([L’Empereur se rend] dans la banlieue pour prendre [personellement] des nouvelles des officiers et des soldats qui se sont distingués dans la campagne contre les tribus musulmanes)
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Comments:For a description of the set, see comment for 1877,0714.1505.For a description of the ritual represented in this scene, see Joanna Waley-Cohen, ‘Commemorating War in Eighteenth-Century China’, Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 30, Vol. 4, Special Issue: War in Modern China (Oct. 1996), pp. 869-899.
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