The thirteen emperors
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Identifier
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31.643
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Title
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The thirteen emperors
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历代帝王图
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Description
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It depicts the images of thirteen emperors. After the Xinhai Revolution, a large number of cultural relics from the Forbidden City were taken away or sold by Puyi, with this painting also lost to the public.; the painting came into the possession of Liang Hongzhi, a collaborator, who then sold them to Yamanaka; Eventually, Yamanaka donated the painting to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
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Date
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Tang dynasty; second half of the 7th century C.E.
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Type
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Ink and color on silk
The thirteen emperors