Portraits of Emperors of Successive Dynasties, early 20th century (?), China, Album of twenty leaves; ink and color on silk, 11 1/8 x 8 3/4 in. (28.3 x 22.2 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist Chinese, early 20th century (?), Formerly Attributed to Yao Wenhan (Chinese, active ca. 1760–1790), Portraits of past emperors, displayed in the imperial ancestral temple, served an important function in state rituals. In Qing times, the veneration of former rulers by Manchu emperors served the additional purpose of confirming the Qing dynasty's legitimacy in the succession of China's ruling houses
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Portraits, Emperors, Successive Dynasties, early 20th century, China, Album, twenty leaves, ink, color, silk, 11 1/8 x 8 3/4, 28.3 22.2 cm, Paintings, Unidentified Artist Chinese, Formerly Attributed to Yao Wenhan, Chinese, active ca., 1760–1790, past emperors, displayed, imperial ancestral temple, served, important function, state rituals, Qing times, veneration, former rulers, Manchu additional purpose, confirming dynasty, legitimacy, succession, ruling houses
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