The Qing Emperor’s Hindustan Jades integrates text analysis, mapping, and interactive image viewers to visualize eighteenth-century China’s engagement with the Islamic world. It was launched as an accompaniment and enhancement of Dr. Kristina Kleutghen’s upcoming book “The Local Exotic: Fabricating Foreign Taste in Eighteenth-Century Chinese Decorative Arts”. The project launched in August 2019 and is currently active.
The collection items in this edition of the website are from The National Palace Museum, Taipei, (courtesy of NPMT Website). The map pages are currently under revision.