DYB231 Dayunhe Bowuguan (Grand Canal Museum): DADU: YUANDAI BEIJING CHENG. The Great Capital of the Yuan Dynasty. 大都:元代北京城. Nanjing, 2023. 319 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x21 cm. Wrappers. GBP 100.00 A weighty catalogue of an exhibition held at the Grand Canal Museum in Hangzhou, China, showing a fine assemblage of art and artefacts from the Yuan dynasty with a focus on the city of Beijing, the capital of the Mongol conquerors. Includes paintings, ceramics, tomb figurines, lacquer, gold and silver wares, jade, metalwork, textiles and clothing. A good survey of the finest artistic achievements of this dynamic period with loans from major museums throughout China. Illustrated throughout in colour. Text in Chinese. Subjects: Art Ceramics Item 1 in List 210. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?d/DYB231.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |