GGM233 - NEW BOOK Gugong Palace Museum ed: LANTING TUDIAN: GUGONG BOWUYUAN LANTING TEZHAN YU LANTING ZHEN TA ZHAN. (Gugong Museum Special Exhibition of the Orchid Pavilion and Rare Orchid Pavilion Rubbings). 蘭亭圖典:故宮博物院蘭亭特展與蘭亭珍拓展. Beijing, 2023. 443 pp. Colour and b/w plates throughout. 31x24 cm. Wrappers. GBP 120.00 Weighty catalogue of an exhibition at the Gugong in Beijing examining the art and culture surrounding the famous calligraphy 'Lanting Xu' composed and brushed by Wang Xizhi (321-379) at a gathering of literati in 353 AD. Regarded as the supreme example of Chinese calligraphy, it was reproduced in many versions over the centuries, engraved on stone from which rubbings were made, the gathering immortalised in paintings and other media. Many fine and early examples of the calligraphy are shown here together with numerous paintings, rubbings and associated items. Illustrated throughout in colour. Text in Chinese. Subjects: Rubbings Scholar’s Studio Item 5 in List 210. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?g/GGM233.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |