Relief panels

Museum number:
9-22762a-e
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210922762a@2de
Alternate number:
TEMP 2012.25
Accession number:
Acc.2403
Description:
Five marble relief panels. carved during the reign of emperor Qianlong, who reigned 1735–1796. Removed from a Buddhist temple in Datong, Shanxi Province, the panels illustrate The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a famous historical novel of the 14th century.
Donor:
Albert M. Bender
Collection place:
Datong, Shanxi province, Northern China
Culture or time period:
Qing dynasty (1644–1912 AD)
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Materials:
Marble (rock)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings
Production date:
1735–1796
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Comment:
Per Ira Jacknis: the minutes of the September 13, 1932 meeting of the UC Regents acknowledged the gift of Albert M. Bender. Bender wrote that the marble reliefs had been...carved during the reign of emperor Qianlong, who reigned 1735–96. Removed from a Buddhist temple in Datong, Shanxi Province, the panels illustrate The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a famous historical novel of the 14th century.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Relief panels, accession number 9-22762a-e, described as Five marble relief panels. carved during the reign of emperor Qianlong, who reigned 1735–1796. Removed from a Buddhist temple in Datong, Shanxi Province, the panels illustrate The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a famous historical novel of the 14th century.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Relief panels, accession number 9-22762a-e, described as Five marble relief panels. carved during the reign of emperor Qianlong, who reigned 1735–1796. Removed from a Buddhist temple in Datong, Shanxi Province, the panels illustrate The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a famous historical novel of the 14th century.

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