Album Leaf from Illustrations of Costumes from the Qianlong Court

This album leaf is part of a section of the illustrations of costumes from the Qianlong court, Huangchao liqi tushi (“The Regulations for the Ceremonial Paraphernalia of the [Qing] Dynasty”). In total there are 34 folios that depict costumes appropriate for the Empress Dowager or Empress to wear at the imperial court along with short descriptive captions. This is the right leaf of one folio (attached to 2004.19.1.40) that depicts the front of a vest. The Chinese script describes the pictorial content of the painting and is translated as "illustration of the court vest chaogua the third style for the Empress Dowager and Empress." This painting is nearly identical to another leaf found in the album, 2004.19.1.1.39.