Jade bi with poem by Qianlong
1790 · Resource
An ancient Chinese ritual jade disc (bi) onto which the Qianlong Emperor inscribed his own poem speculating about its origin. It captures the Qing emperor's antiquarian connoisseurship.
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- Presidency of George Washington (1789)
- American Declaration of Independence (1776)
- French Revolution (1789)
- Industrial Revolution (1760)
- Watt's separate-condenser steam engine patent (1769)
- Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials (1829)
- Victorian era (1837)
- Napoleon's invasion of Russia (1812)
- Battle of Trafalgar (1805)