WENGE1 Wenley, A. G: THE GRAND EMPRESS DOWAGER WEN MING. And the Northern Wei Necropolis at Fang Shan. Freer Gallery, Occasional Papers, I:1. Washington, 1947. iii, 28 pp. Portrait frontispiece and 7 plates. 3 text figures. 24x16 cm. Paper. GBP 10.00 The history of the mountain tomb of the Empress Dowager, widow of the Northern Wei Emperor Wen Cheng (452-266), 'built with all the ostentation and poor taste ... of a barbarian horde trying to copy and outdo a highly cultured but vanquished people'. Located near Datong in Shanxi province. Subjects: Archaeology Item 244 in List 212. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?w/WENGE1.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |