AFTER KIA TS'TIUAN AND LI MING

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AFTER KIA TS'TIUAN AND LI MING

The Conquests of the Emperor Qianlong, twelve engraved plates, each divided, trimmed to subjects and mounted in two sections within yellow silk borders on a folding sheet, Peking (?), 1789-1790, unframed
19¾ x 34in. (50.2 x 86cm.) (12)
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The engravings illustrate the Formosan campaign of 1786-1788 and were designed by the court artists Kia Ts'tiuan and Li Ming. They include scenes of an audience with the Emperor, land and naval actions, and include poems dated 1789. See Michele Pirazzoli T'Serstevens Gravures des Conquetes de L'Empereur de Chine K'ien-Long au Musée Guimet, 1969, p.43

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