Costumes from the Forbidden City
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1945. Softcover. Original red, patterned wraps. 16 pp. followed by 56 full-page bw plates;. VG- contents; covers worn at edges; art museum ex-lib. copy with usual marks. Item #158413
Issued in conjunction with a March 1945 exhibition. Seldom offered in the orginal edition. Includes essay of An Analysis of the Ch'ing synasty Style Based on Twelve-Symbol Robes, a chronology of Ch'ing Dynasty Emperors, and an essay on Priest Robes and Theatrical Robes, followed by the plates, described. A nice copy.
OCLC: 1571508
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