Splendors of China’s Forbidden City:
The Glorious Reign of Emperor Qianlong

November 21, 2004–May 29, 2005, J. E. R. Chilton Galleries
   

Qianlong and Yongzheng standing, holding bamboo trees
1723-35
Artist: Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766)
Color on silk
Length: 68.8 cm.
Height: 6’ 3 ¼”; Width: 2’ 4 ¼”

Photo: © Palace Museum, Beijing

 
       
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