The Jade Emperor in His Celestial Palace with Attendants (Yu huang tai di 玉皇太帝)
The Jade Emperor in His Celestial Palace with Attendants (Yu huang tai di 玉皇太帝)
The Jade Emperor in His Celestial Palace with Attendants (Yu huang tai di 玉皇太帝)
The Jade Emperor in His Celestial Palace with Attendants (Yu huang tai di 玉皇太帝)

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The Jade Emperor in His Celestial Palace with Attendants (Yu huang tai di 玉皇太帝),

17th–18th century

Unknown artist
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
2023-21

Information

Title
The Jade Emperor in His Celestial Palace with Attendants (Yu huang tai di 玉皇太帝)
Dates

17th–18th century

Maker
Unknown artist
Medium
Hanging scroll: ink, mineral pigments, and gold on silk
Dimensions
Painting: 146.5 × 75.1 cm (57 11/16 × 29 9/16 in.) Mount: 212 × 96 cm (83 7/16 × 37 13/16 in.) Mount (with rollers): w. 102.5 cm (40 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert D. Mowry in honor of Cary Y. Liu, Class of 1978 and Graduate School Class of 1997
Object Number
2023-21
Place Made

Asia, China

Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing
Type
paintings, hanging scrolls

Japanese private collection, based on the Meiji to early Taisho-style mounting and openwork metal roller-ends; purchased by [Kang Collection Korean Art], New York City, from an unidentified seller, September 2017; purchased by Robert D. Mowry (b. 1945) [1], April 2019; collection of Robert D. Mowry, 2019–2023; gifted to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2023.

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