The Odyssey of China's Imperial Art Treasures
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2005. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering on spine. Color-illustrated dust jacket with black and white lettering. xiii, 178 pp. BW illustrations. VG/VG- light wear to dj edges and corners. Item #166955
ISBN: 9780295985220
"...traces the three-thousand-year history of the emperor's imperial collection, from the Bronze Age to the present. The tortuous story of these treasures involves a succession of dynasties, invasion and conquest, and civil war, resulting in valiant attempts to rescue and preserve the collection. Throughout history, different Chinese regimes used the impersial collection to bolster their own political legitimacy, domestically and internationally." -Dust Jacket.
OCLC: 57529083
Price: $40.00