Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1830 (circa)
Materials:paper
Technique:engraving
Subjects:battle history emperor/empress attendant
Dimensions:Height: 56.20 centimetres (sheet; trimmed and backed) Width: 91.20 centimetres (sheet; trimmed and backed)
Description:
Plate from a series of ten copper-plate engravings of the Daoguang Emperor’s campaign against Jahangir, in East Turkestan; scene at the Wumen, the southern gate of the imperial Palace in Peking; to right, in an open gallery forming part of a pavilion at the top of the gate (a building with three large openings beneath), the Emperor and attendants watch the scene in the courtyard below, where Chinese figures, many armed, some playing music, watch the proceedings; a small number of men kneel on a pathway leading up to the gate. Inscription and seals (printed). Engraved on very thin paper.
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Comments:According to the Register, one of ‘Three Chinese engravings commemorating campaigns undertaken by the Emperor Ch’ien Lung [Qianlong] in 1769 and the feasts afterwards. Lo[s]t from the Summer Palace, 1860’.Information written on the back of the mount: ‘The presentation of the rebel chief Chang Koherb to the Emperor Kenlung 1769’. The plate is a copy, with modifications, of Plate 16 from the set ‘Conquêtes de l’Empereur de la Chine’, by Chinese artists. Rawson 1992:The officials can be seen lined up in the proper order, wearing their court robes, hats, necklaces and rank badges. When officials gathered together at court audiences, rituals and sacrifices, their positions were laid down in minute detail and could be gauged by their apparel. By regulating what people wore on official occasions, the Chinese rulers advertised the hierarchy, this rise being indicated outwardly by changes in dress. In fact, imperial power depended on a system of favours and rewards by which officials rose through the hierarchy, this rise being indicated outwardly by changes in dress.
Materials:paper
Technique:engraving
Subjects:battle history emperor/empress attendant
Dimensions:Height: 56.20 centimetres (sheet; trimmed and backed) Width: 91.20 centimetres (sheet; trimmed and backed)
Description:
Plate from a series of ten copper-plate engravings of the Daoguang Emperor’s campaign against Jahangir, in East Turkestan; scene at the Wumen, the southern gate of the imperial Palace in Peking; to right, in an open gallery forming part of a pavilion at the top of the gate (a building with three large openings beneath), the Emperor and attendants watch the scene in the courtyard below, where Chinese figures, many armed, some playing music, watch the proceedings; a small number of men kneel on a pathway leading up to the gate. Inscription and seals (printed). Engraved on very thin paper.
IMG
Comments:According to the Register, one of ‘Three Chinese engravings commemorating campaigns undertaken by the Emperor Ch’ien Lung [Qianlong] in 1769 and the feasts afterwards. Lo[s]t from the Summer Palace, 1860’.Information written on the back of the mount: ‘The presentation of the rebel chief Chang Koherb to the Emperor Kenlung 1769’. The plate is a copy, with modifications, of Plate 16 from the set ‘Conquêtes de l’Empereur de la Chine’, by Chinese artists. Rawson 1992:The officials can be seen lined up in the proper order, wearing their court robes, hats, necklaces and rank badges. When officials gathered together at court audiences, rituals and sacrifices, their positions were laid down in minute detail and could be gauged by their apparel. By regulating what people wore on official occasions, the Chinese rulers advertised the hierarchy, this rise being indicated outwardly by changes in dress. In fact, imperial power depended on a system of favours and rewards by which officials rose through the hierarchy, this rise being indicated outwardly by changes in dress.
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