About this title: Emperor Ch'ien-lung, who ruled China from 1736 to 1795, amassed an extensive collection of Chinese art which today forms the core of the holdings of the National Palace Museum, Taipei. Drawing on this rich resource, this work provides a history of imperial Chinese art and culture from the Neolithic period to 18th century. It reproduces some of the great monuments of Chinese culture: key works by leading calligraphers of the T'ang dynasty, life-size imperial portraits from the Sung to the Ming period, and some of the finest examples of imperial ceramics, textiles and other decorative arts from ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harry N Abrams
Date Published: 1996-08
ISBN-13:9780810964945ISBN:0810964945
Description: Like New. Ship US Customer Only and Media Mail Only! ! Hardback w/ DJ. Excellent Reference copy to ENHANCE YOUR KNOWLEDGE of this subject. Bookplate on first blank page. Otherwise, You are buying a Book in NEW condition with very light shelf wear to include very light edge and corner wear. Buy it Now! ! ! As always, thank you for buying this book from International Book Source, YOUR ONE source FOR ALL your BOOK related NEEDS. read more
Edition: First Edition; Third Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harry N Abrams Inc / Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780810964945ISBN:0810964945
Description: 0810964945. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.; Folio-over 12"-15" tall. read more
Binding: Hard Bound
Publisher: Abrams
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780810964945ISBN:0810964945
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hard bound with dust jacket. 648 pages. Published on the occasion of the 1996 Metropolitan Museum of Art show of the Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei. Some minor wear to dust jacket edges, otherwise very good. [ VERY HEAVY-PLEASE CONTACT FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING QUOTE] read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harry N Abrams,, New York:
Date Published: 1996.
ISBN-13:9780810964945ISBN:0810964945
Description: Fine copy in very slightly scuffed dustwrapper with small line of fading near spine. With 600 illustrations, 436 in colour, 7 maps, bibliography, contributors include Ching Lin-sheng, Wai-Kam Ho and Richard M Barnhardt amongst others, 600 pp, large quarto. read more
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