DRAGONS FOR THE QIANQING GONG
Imperial Workshops of Peking, China
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Qianlong period (1736-1795)
cm 180 x 274
Silk, gilded copper
Inscription: Qianqing gong beiyong - Reserved for the Palace of Heavenly Purity
Art Loss Register certificate
XRF (X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy) by ENEA 2019
Exhibited: KUNLUN - The Elixir Carpets, Schneiberg Museum, Turin, 2022
The Qianqing Palace was the first of the Three Rear Halls, formerly contained the sleeping chambers of Ming emperors.
During the Qing dynasty, however, emperors began to manage state affairs from the Qianging Palace. The Palace was eventually turned into a formal living room and offices where emperors summoned sub ordinates for consultation, received foreign envoys, as wells gave banquets for family members, relatives and high officials.
(see Wan-go Weng and Yang Boda, The Palace Museum: Peking, Treasures of the Forbidden City, 1982, p-50).
During the Qing dynasty, however, emperors began to manage state affairs from the Qianging Palace. The Palace was eventually turned into a formal living room and offices where emperors summoned sub ordinates for consultation, received foreign envoys, as wells gave banquets for family members, relatives and high officials.
(see Wan-go Weng and Yang Boda, The Palace Museum: Peking, Treasures of the Forbidden City, 1982, p-50).
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