Ch'ien Lungn.
/ˈtʃiːən lʊŋ/ Used esp. attributively to designate pottery, carved jade, etc., made during the period 1736–96, or the period itself.
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Moorish1434
savage1548
damaskeen1551
grotesque1603
Mogul1617
pierced1756
baroque1765
rocaille1776
rococo1830
plateresque1845
Alhambresque1848
François Premier1850
Mudéjar1865
serio-grotesque1873
famille verte1876
barocco1877
rococoesque1885
famille rose1893
famille noire1898
Ch'ien Lung1901
Marie Antoinette1909
Mosan1910
famille jaune1923
Romanizing1936
quatre-couleur1959
penworked1965
1901 W. C. Monkhouse Hist. & Descr. Chinese Porcelain i. 46 The note of the Ch'ien-lung period was mastery of material.
1901 W. C. Monkhouse Hist. & Descr. Chinese Porcelain i. 46 (caption) Ch'ien-lung vase.
1905 Mrs. W. Hodgson How to identify Old Chinese Porcelain 111 A beautiful and characteristic piece of Fen-ting made during the Ch'ien-lung period.
1935 Burlington Mag. July 43/2 The elaborately carved white ‘mutton fat’ jade of the Ch'ien Lung period (1736–96) whose craftsmen were famous for their undercutting in relief and open-work patterns.
1968 Guardian 2 Apr. 3/6 A pair of pheasants made in the Ch'ien Lung period in China.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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