The Qing Emperor's Hindustan Jades

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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.

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