Barbarians and Envoys Bring Tribute to the Emperor

Description This handscroll, in the style of the 12th-13th century, is said to depict envoys from the territories around China's periphery bringing tribute to the Han [Han] Dynasty emperor in the 1st century BC.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
9/28/2001	Examination	examined for exhibition
9/28/2001	Treatment	cleaned; examined for condition

Provenance Panama-Pacific International Exposition, China Pavilion, San Francisco, 1915 [no. 298]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1915, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Signature] Spurious signature of Qian Xuan [Ch'ien Hsuan] (ca. 1235-after 1301); [Inscription] At end on painting; [Seal] Two seals at end on painting.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1915