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Tang Dynasty 
[ ] Emperor Taizong[Tai-tsung], Tang Dynasty (626-649)
The
second emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Song Dynasty 
[ ] Emperor Taizu
[Tai-tsu] , the first emperor [ ] Emperor Renzon
[ ] Emperor
Huizong [Hui-tsung]
Yuan Dynasty 
[ ] Kublai Khan [Shih-tsu] ,
first emperor of Yuan Dynasty
Queen of
Kublai Khan [Shih-tsu] , first empress of Yuan Dynasty
[  ] Genghis Khan
Portrait of Genghis Khan in his sixties,
following his conquests. Painted by a Chinese artist on stretched
silk.
Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Ming Dynasty 
[ ] Emperor Taizu
[Tai-tsu], Ming Dynasty
First Emperor of the Ming dynasty.
[ ] Emperor Chengzu
[Cheng-tsu] , Ming Dynasty -(79k)
Third emperor of the Ming dynasty. Reign of Yongle [Yung-lo]
In
the collection of National Palace Museum, Taipei
This painting was
exhibited at the Metropolitan Mesem of Art from March 19-May 19, 1996
He moved the Capital from Nanjing to Beijing, and built the Imperial
Palace ("The Forbidden City").
Qing Dynasty 
[] Taizu, the
first emperor of Qing [Ching] Dynasty (1616-1625)
[ ]
Emperor Kangxi of Qing [Ching] Dynasty (1662-1722)
- Portrait
Kangxi was the third emperor of the Qing Dynasty. He ascended to the
throne at the age of seven, and ruled for sixty years.
The portrait shows the young emperor Kangxi, sitting at his writing
table and holding a thick writing brush. On the marble top of the table
there are paper, ink, brush and inkstone, the "Four Treasures of the
Study"; they are the tools of the painter and calligrapher.
- Formal
Portrait
[ ] Qianlong [Chien-lung], 5-th
emperor of the Qing [Ching] dynasty.
Portrait
of Qianlong [Chien-lung], Qing Dynasty
Castiglione (Lang
Shining; 1688-1766), Inaugural Portrait of the Qianling Emperor, Qing
dynasty (dated 1736). Handscroll, ink and color on silk. Ht. 52.9 cm.
Cleveland Museum. [ ] Express CiXi
[ ] Pu Yi, the last emperor of the Qing [Ching] dynasty.
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