2004.19.1.1.13 - Album Leaf from Illustrations of Costumes from the Qianlong Court
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Translation of the Chinese text: "Summer court robe chaopao, the second style for the Empress Dowager and the Empress./In accordance with the decree of the present dynasty:/The summer robe of the Empress Dowager and…
Translation of the Chinese text: "Summer court robe chaopao, the second style for the Empress Dowager and the Empress./In accordance with the decree of the present dynasty:/The summer robe of the Empress Dowager and Empress are bright yellow in colour and trimmed with golden bands. The middle of [the robe] has no pleats[text continued onto left leaf, 2004.19.1.1.12]"
(Translated and transcribed by Lisa Claypool, Ed., China’s Imperial Modern: The Painter’s Craft, Edmonton, AB: University of Alberta Museums, 2012, p. 104; Modified by Isabel Pi-fen Chueh)
On the reverse of the piece "(55)" is handwritten in pencil on the upper left corner. Below the pencil number are two black ink markings.
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"2004.19.1.1.13 - Album Leaf from Illustrations of Costumes from the Qianlong Court, Mactaggart Art Collection." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/21-20159. Accessed 03 Oct. 2023.
