The Odyssey of China's Imperial Art Treasures
by Elliott, Jeannette Shambaugh and David Shambaugh
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/VG- light wear to dj edges and corners.
- ISBN 10
- 0295985224
- ISBN 13
- 9780295985220
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2005. Hardcover. VG/VG- light wear to dj edges and corners.. Black cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering on spine. Color-illustrated dust jacket with black and white lettering. xiii, 178 pp. BW illustrations. "...traces the three-thousand-year history of the emperor's imperial collection, from the Bronze Age to the present. The tortuous story of these treasures involves a succession of dynasties, invasion and conquest, and civil war, resulting in valiant attempts to rescue and preserve the collection. Throughout history, different Chinese regimes used the impersial collection to bolster their own political legitimacy, domestically and internationally." -Dust Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 166955
- Title
- The Odyssey of China's Imperial Art Treasures
- Author
- Elliott, Jeannette Shambaugh and David Shambaugh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG- light wear to dj edges and corners.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0295985224
- ISBN 13
- 9780295985220
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Place of Publication
- Seattle
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- Asian Art, Chinese Art, Imperial Treasures ; Chinese Art ; ;
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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