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Abe, Stanley: AN ACCOUNT OF TWO VOYAGES - BACKHOFF AND WAGENER Acharya, Sanjay: Adams, Edward B: Alexander, William & Mason, George: Allen, H. M. ed: Andrews, F. H: ANNINGHE LIUYU DA SHI MU Yuhas, Louise ed: Asahi Shimbun ed: Asian Art Museum: THE ASIATIC JOURNAL AND MONTHLY MISCELLANY VOL II: THIRD SERIES |
NJM251 - NEW BOOK Nanjing Museum ed: GUAN TIANXIA: DA MING DE SHIJIE. The Worldview of the Great Ming Dynasty. 觀天下:大明的世界. Beijing, 2025. 360 pp. Colour plates throughout. A couple of foldouts. 29x21 cm. Boards. GBP 200.00 Catalogue of an excellent exhibition held at the Nanjing Museum in China exploring foreign contacts and cross-cultural influences during the Ming dynasty. Ranges from the Zheng He maritime missions and envoys bringing tribute from foreign countries through to Jesuit missionaries including Matteo Ricci and central Asian influences. There is even a letter from Queen Elizabeth the First to the Wanli Emperor! An emphasis on Italy - its missionaries, travellers and scholars who journeyed to China in the late Ming. Many fine exhibits ranging from paintings and portraits (both Chinese and western) to books, ceramics, lacquer, glazed tiles. A wide variety. Forewords, introductions to each section and captions in English. Main text in Chinese. Subjects: Missionaries Art Item 21 in List 214. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?n/NJM251.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |