“Costuming the Empire: A Study on the Production of Tributary Paintings at the Qianlong Court in 18th Century China,” in Lynda Klichand Tara Zanardi eds., Visual Typologies from the Early Modern to the Contemporary: Local Contexts and Global Practices (New York: Routledge, 2018), pp. 90-103.

The edited volume Visual Typologies from the Early Modern to the Contemporary: Local Contexts and Global Practices (Routledge, 2018) explores how typological images shaped systems of knowledge across cultures and periods. My article analyzes how Qing court painters represented foreign envoys through costume and visual classification. These tributary portraits functioned as both artistic production and political taxonomy, organizing diversity into imperial order. By linking Qing practices with global traditions of typology, the essay reveals how visual culture was central to constructing Qing authority.