Playing host to cultural prestige : imperial agency in two Manchu kesi
Rice Planting and The Hunt, two rare kesi 緙絲 (silk tapestry) in the collection of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (Victoria, Canada), dated to the Kangxi period (1662-1722), are part of a program to reshape Chinese culture in order to confirm the legitimacy of the new Qing regime. This thesis s...
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University of British Columbia
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25272 |