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Source Description
This handscroll, in the style of the 12th-13th century, is said to depict envoys from the territories around China's periphery bringing tribute to the Han [Han] Dynasty emperor in the 1st century BC.
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Document identity
localId
409
label
Barbarians and Envoys Bring Tribute to the Emperor
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
409
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Barbarians and Envoys Bring Tribute to the Emperor
description
This handscroll, in the style of the 12th-13th century, is said to depict envoys from the territories around China's periphery bringing tribute to the Han [Han] Dynasty emperor in the 1st century BC.
provenance
Panama-Pacific International Exposition, China Pavilion, San Francisco, 1915 [no. 298]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1915, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
16th-17th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
emakimono
hand scrolls
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
29.7
height
286.6
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 11/16 x L: 112 13/16 in. (29.7 x 286.6 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Spurious signature of Qian Xuan [Ch'ien Hsuan] (ca. 1235-after 1301); [Inscription] At end on painting; [Seal] Two seals at end on painting.
dynasty
Ming [Ming] Dynasty-Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty
med
ink and color on silk mounted on paper
creator_ids
18006
6238
18007
collection_ids
CHN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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