Visualizing the Emperor’s Pantheon: Images and Efficacy of Daoist and Buddhist Scripture Containers in the Qianlong Court
In the early 1740s, a set of carved lacquer containers were imperially commissioned in Suzhou to hold Daoist and Buddhist scriptures transcribed by the Qianlong emperor. Decorated with numerous deities in bas-relief, these understudied luxury objects shed new light on Buddhist and Daoist material cu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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Religion and the arts
Year: 2022, Volume: 26, Issue: 4, Pages: 429-464 |
| Further subjects: | B
Pantheon
B Tibetan Buddhism B Scripture B Daoism B carved lacquer B Emperor Qianlong B Qing court |
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