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Article: Collecting Qing dynasty textiles.(China, 1644-1911)
- Article from:
- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- March 1, 2001
- Author:
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The Forbidden City stands eerily empty, its massive courtyards colorless under gray Beijing skies despite hordes of dusty tourists who pass through its south-north axis from the Gate of Heavenly Peace to the Gate of Spiritual Valour. They peer past barriers into partially restored architectural splendor trying to conjure up traces of the imperial family, mandarins, concubines, and eunuchs attired in brilliantly colored, elaborately patterned silks, that bespoke the power and magnificence of the Qing dynasty (1644--1911). Lost to internal looting, international plunder, and sold to save the defeated Manchu officials of the Qing dynasty from impoverishment, the textiles ...
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