Peinture

1979 · 008043 — Beijing: Cultural Relics Publishing Co. 1979. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Text in Chinese with ancillary text in English. Published in 1979 by by Cultural Relics Publishing Co. Beijing. Printed and bound in China. 15 x 12.25 inches. Custom brocade hardboards in shades of green and gold with gilt-stamped Chinese lettering to the spine and front board. Unbumped spine head and tail and sharp corners. Protected by a fitted clear acetate cover. Text block firmly bound in. Printed on heavy-duty eggshell-colored stock. With sixty colorful album-leaf paintings tipped in including works attributed to Emperor Huizong Lin Chun Xia Gui Pu An and Zhu Weide among others. An exceptionally clean and attractive copy with minor page rippling along the outer edge. All plates appear to be pristine. A Near Fine copy. Scarce in any condition. 8 lbs. weight. The history of Chinese painting shows that it reached a peak in the Song Dynasty C.E. 960 - 1279. The paintings of that period had a wide range of subject matter and that range is reflected in the paintings in this album. The album includes high-quality reproductions of paintings from the Song Dynasty held by the Palace Museum in Beijing the Shanghai Museum the Liaoning Provincial Museum the Tianjin Municipal Museum of Fine Art the Sichuan Provincial Museum and the Cultural Relics Preservation Committee of Suzhou City. <br/> <br/> Cultural Relics Publishing Co. hardcover