2004.19.1.1.56 - Album Leaf from Illustrations of Costumes from the Qianlong Court
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Object Typealbum leaf
Artistunknown
Date Madeca. 1759
Item Details
Object Typealbum leaf
Artistunknown
Date Madeca. 1759
Accession Number
2004.19.1.1.56
Title
Album Leaf from Illustrations of Costumes from the Qianlong Court
Category
albums
Object Type
album leaf
Artist
unknown
Date Made
ca. 1759
Place Made
China
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing 18th century
Materials
ink; silk; paper
Measurements
sheet: 42.2 cm x 40.8 cm; image: 29.6 cm x 16.4 cm
Description
This album leaf is part of a section of the illustrations of costumes from the Qianlong court, Huangchao liqi tushi (“The Regulations for the Ceremonial Paraphernalia of the [Qing] Dynasty”). In total there are 34…
This album leaf is part of a section of the illustrations of costumes from the Qianlong court, Huangchao liqi tushi (“The Regulations for the Ceremonial Paraphernalia of the [Qing] Dynasty”). In total there are 34 folios that depict costumes appropriate for the Empress Dowager or Empress to wear at the imperial court along with short descriptive captions. This is the left leaf of one folio (attached to 2004.19.1.57) and it contains three columns of regular script calligraphy describing regulations for a summer diadem (chaoguan) for the empress dowager and empress. The text continues from the attached right leaf.
Inscriptions and Colophons
皇后夏朝冠 青絨為之 餘俱如東朝冠
Translation of the Chinese text: "[continuing from the right leaf, 2004.19.1.1.57]...The summer court hat of the Empress Dowager and Empress is made of blue velvet, and…
皇后夏朝冠 青絨為之 餘俱如東朝冠
Credit Line
Gift of Sandy and Cécile Mactaggart
Translation of the Chinese text: "[continuing from the right leaf, 2004.19.1.1.57]...The summer court hat of the Empress Dowager and Empress is made of blue velvet, and other ornamentation is like that on the winter court hat."
(Translated and transcribed by Lisa Claypool, Ed., China’s Imperial Modern: The Painter’s Craft, Edmonton, AB: University of Alberta Museums, 2012, p. 102)
On the reverse of the piece "(12)" is handwritten in pencil on the upper right corner.
Citation
Page Citation for 2004.19.1.1.56 - Album Leaf from Illustrations of Costumes from the Qianlong Court
Page Citation
"2004.19.1.1.56 - Album Leaf from Illustrations of Costumes from the Qianlong Court, Mactaggart Art Collection." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/21-20265. Accessed 17 Sep. 2024.
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