Gold statue of seated
four-armed Guanyin,
the Goddess of Mercy 1748
Gold, turquoise, lapis, coral, silver, pearls,
blue, pink and red stones,
glass, black, green, white and red pigments,
mirrored glass
Height: 90 cm.
Height: 36”; Width: 19 ½”; Depth: 15”
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Splendors of China’s
Forbidden City: The Glorious Reign
of Emperor Qianlong
Emperor Qianlong ruled for 60 years
(1736–1795), during China’s last
imperial dynasty, the Qing dynasty. His reign was longer than any other
emperor in Chinese history apart from his grandfather, Kangxi. The
emperor is best known to art historians as a collector who amassed the
largest collection of art known up to that point in China. His passion
for collecting extended to paintings, porcelain, bronzes, jades,
writing implements, and rare books. Qianlong is credited with pacifying
the warring territories of western China, fostering innovation in the
arts, and commissioning a comprehensive edition of all existing Chinese
literature.
Splendors of China's Forbidden City
offers a dramatic examination of
the reign of the Emperor, featuring over 400 artifacts from this
prolific period the majority of which have never left the Forbidden
City Palace Museum in Beijing.
Today
we begin a new exhibit, few of the graphics are available from the
on-line gallery. I will be gathering information from the Curator's
essay throughout this series.
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