Oxford professor Henrietta Harrison's new research shows that the famous letter from China's Qianlong emperor to Britain's King George III in 1793 was a diplomatic manoeuvre rather than a reflection ...

Experts are exploring and restoring the Forbidden City's best-preserved, yet least-understood, structure - Emperor Qianlong's long-sealed retirement lodge. Zhang Zixuan reports in Beijing. Juanqinzhai ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The painting is arranged with ...

A vase kept in a kitchen in England could sell for £150,000 ($186,000) after it was revealed to be a rare 18th century Chinese artifact which was created for the Qianlong Emperor. The vase was ...

Formal portraiture contributed to the affirmation of status and construction of role and identity. This scroll served as both familial documentation and a "mind picture" of the Qianlong emperor, ...

Inside Qianlong Garden: In 2020, Beijing's Forbidden City will open up the Qianlong Garden for the first time. Pictured here: the restored Juanqinzhai (Studio of Exhaustion from Diligent Service).

As he held sway over the land, he devoted his life to one of his key roles: Guardian of the country's art ZHAO XU For art lovers the story is familiar enough: Master painter is found dead, paintbrush ...

The largest seal used by Chinese emperor Qianlong may potentially fetch a record-breaking HK$120 million at Sotheby’s 2016 autumn auction in the city as demand for artefacts of exceptional quality ...

For more than a century, the Qianlong Garden, located in the Forbidden City in Beijing, has sat without a single visitor. But that is finally changing. But it's an investment Chinese leader Xi Jinping ...