Yan Liben Chinese, c. 600 – 673
Emperor Taizong Receiving the Tibetan Envoy, c. 641, probably a Song-dynasty copy
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Emperor Taizong sits on a litter carried by palace women with fans and a canopy, while the Tibetan envoy Gar Tongtsen, a court official in red and an interpreter stand before him. The scene records the embassy of 640–41 that arranged Princess Wencheng's marriage to the Tibetan king Songtsen Gampo. The composition is Yan Liben's; this scroll is probably a faithful Song copy.
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The emperor is drawn far larger than anyone around him, a scale of rank. Collectors' seals and inscriptions show the scroll was already treasured by the early fourteenth century.
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