Splendors of Imperial China: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei
By Maxwell K. Hearn.
Description
The collection of the National Palace Museum is made up largely of the personal holdings of the Ch'ien-lung emperor (reigned 1736-95). Representing the artistic legacy of imperial China, it offers an unsurpassed view of Chinese civilization. The objects lavishly illustrated and described in this book, which include magnificent ritual bronzes, precious jades, monumental landscape paintings, and exquisite ceramics, are among the finest ever created.Published to accompany the exhibition "Splendors of Imperial China: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei," the book ta...
ISBN(s)
0847819590, 9780847819591
