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Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems
Giuseppe CastiglioneLinkedCulture matchlcp-1e5d0637bace
- Date
- c. 1765–74
- Medium
- Etchings, mounted in album form, 16 leaves plus two additional leaves of inscriptions
- Culture
- China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95)
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 160147
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
This set of etchings was commissioned by Emperor Qianlong to record in pictorial terms the courage of his generals and soldiers in quelling the rebellions in the Western Regions. Qianlong added his own poem to each of the etchings, indicating his appreciation and pride in this demonstration of military might. "Western Regions" refers to the present-day Xingjiang province, often described in Western writing as "Central Asia."
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- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Provenance
- ?–1998: (Ursus Rare Books, NYC, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1998–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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