NPM19A National Palace Museum: QIANLONG HUANGDI DE ZHI YU WEI: YUZHI SHI ZHONG DE DIWANG GU YU GUAN. (The Knowledge and Taste of Qianlong: Perceptions of Ancient Jade as Viewed from Imperially-Inscribed Poems). 乾隆皇帝的智與味:御製詩中的帝王古玉觀. Taibei, 2019. 251 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 23x17 cm. Wrappers. GBP 100.00 A study of what has become one of the ultimate expressions of Qing imperial connoisseurship - the inscription of poems composed by the Qianlong emperor on jades in the imperial collection. The jades shown range from the ancient to the then-new and includes pieces that copied ancient examples - the emulation of the past. Illustrated throughout. The jades from the superb (imperial) collection of the National Palace Museum. Text in Chinese. Hard to obtain. Subjects: Jade Item 391 in List 210. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?n/NPM19A.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |