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Or 9430
- Record Id:
- 032-003434245
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003434245
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100071131848.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165002725.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 9430
- Title:
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皇朝禮器圖式 Huang chao li qi tu shi [Illustrated Regulations for Ceremonial Paraphenalia of the Qing dynasty].
- Scope & Content:
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皇朝禮器圖式 Huang chao li qi tu shi [Illustrated Regulations for Ceremonial Paraphenalia of the Qing dynasty].
Illustrated manuscript album depicting ceremonial official costumes, furniture and objects of the imperial court under the Manchu dynasty, with descriptions.
The British Library's item is incomplete: the 38 folios in its collection formed part of a larger album, originally together with the leaves now at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the National Museum of Scotland and the National Museum of Ireland. The original work was arranged in six parts: ceremonial vessels, scientific equipment, caps and robes, music instruments, insignia, and military objects.
The Western binding spine reports in golden letters: Costumes & Furnitures of the Imperial Court. Chinese. Brit. Mus. Oriental 9430.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Chinese Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003434245
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003434245
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume (38 folios).
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100165002725.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Chinese
- Scripts:
- Chinese
- Start Date:
- 1736
- End Date:
- 1795
- Date Range:
- 1736-95
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- China (Beijing).
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
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Stable conditions. To be handled with care.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: black and coloured ink on silk. Blue leather binding.
Dimensions: 400 x 420 mm
Binding: the original concertina format was divided and the folios acquired by the British Museum were subsequently bound in blue leather Western binding. The 38 folios in the Library collection were originally part of a larger work.
- Custodial History:
- The original complete work may have been kept in the Wenyuan Pavilion Library in the Yuanming Yuan (Summer Palace), Beijing.
- Source of Acquisition:
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Acquired from Knollys, 1924. A paper label on the item reports: Or. 9430 38 fols. 2. vi. 24 .
Another note in pen on the item reports: Presented by Col. Sir Henry Knollys, K.C.V.O. 14 June 1924.
The green stamp on the manuscript suggests that the item was acquired via donation.
- Publications:
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Liu Lu, An Illustrated Manual for Regulating the Qing Society: A Discussion of Several Issues Relating to the 'Huangchao Liqi Tushi' in Palace Museum Journal no. 4 (Beijing, 2004), pp. 130-44.
Margaret Medley, The Illustrated Regulations for Ceremonial Paraphernalia of the Ching Dynasty (London: Han-Shan Tang, 1982).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
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Folio 3 was displayed in the exhibition Oriental Manuscripts. An Exhibition of Oriental Manuscripts in the Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts in the British Museum (1973). A label on the item from the Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts reports that on the 1st of March 1973 the folio 3 was taken for exhibition, Kings Library.
A catalogue of this exhibition is available in the British Library at T27126 and 2701.ae.18.