Manchu; China.Thanka (Religious Picture); 1743-1744.Silk; slit tapestry weave with interlaced outlining wefts; painted details in colors; black; and with gold leaf; outer scroll top: silk; warp-float faced 5: 1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by ground weft floats; scroll wrapper: silk; warp-float faced 5: 1 satin weave with 1: 2 鈥楽' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats; rayon and cotton ties; scroll wrapper lined with silk; warp-float faced 2: 1 鈥楽' twill weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave; 371.1 x 126.2 cm.Inv. No. 1932.874;Chicago; Art Institute.