Fellowship Project
Mr. Yan Yong spent four months (September 2012 – January 2013) at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington D.C., U.S.A. where he conducted research on the museum’s collection of Chinese imperial textiles and court portraits of the Qing dynasty. Mr. Yan studied up to 80 Qing portrait paintings from the museum’s collection to gain an in-depth understanding of the Qing court costumes.
Biography
Mr. Yan Yong is currently Deputy Director and Research Fellow of the Department of Palace Life and Imperial Ritual at The Palace Museum, where he also serves as a member of the academic committee, Deputy Director of the Ming and Qing Production Technology Research Institute, and Secretary-General of the Ming and Qing Palace History Research Center. Mr. Yan graduated from the Archaeology Department of Jilin University in 1989 and the Qing History Research Institute of Renmin University of China in 2001. He joined The Palace Museum in 1989 and has since then been engaged in the preservation, display and research of ancient Chinese embroidered clothing. His main research focus is on Qing court costumes, ancient Chinese tapestry art, and embroidered textiles in the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Mr. Yan is also the Secretary-General of the Textile Committee of the Chinese Society of Cultural Relics, Vice-Chairman of the Textile Committee of the Chinese Museum Association, and a committee member of the Shanghai Museum of Textile and Costume.
Selected Publication(s)
Books
Journal articles