Abstract
A curious Mongolian scroll is to be found in the library of the Institut des Hautes Etudes Chinoises, Paris. It is a handwritten text dated 1809 plus 12 illustrations, which reports the mission to Lhasa in 1808 of a Prince from the Qaracin banner of Inner Mongolia, sent by the Manchu emperor to supervise the enthronement of the 9th Dalai lama. The scroll, probably intended for the personal records of the Mongolian prince, gives in a manner conforming to the imperial view an account of the events. The analysis of the text and its translation will be published separately in the Journal Asiatique. This article provides an interpretation of the illustrations which represent the birth, discovery, vows taking and enthronement of the 9th Dalai Lama, a pictorial and stylistic analysis of the various elements of the painting and material information about the scroll. Assumptions are formulated about its author, origin, destination and pictorial style.
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