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The odyssey of China's Imperial art treasures / Jeannette Shambaugh Elliott with David Shambaugh.
Fine Arts Library N8846.C6 E44 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elliott, Jeannette Shambaugh, 1912-1996.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art--Political aspects.
- Kings and rulers.
- Art museums.
- China--Kings and rulers--Art collections.
- China.
- China--History--Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
- History.
- China--History--20th century.
- Art--Political aspects--China.
- Art.
- Art, Chinese.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 178 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2005]
- Contents:
- China's Imperial art treasures from early times to the twelfth century
- Imperial treasures under the Ming and Qing dynasties
- From private to public treasures: the early Republican era, 1911-1930
- The treasures through times of war, 1931-1947
- Relocating and rebuilding the Palace Museum on Taiwan
- The Gugong in Beijing: national treasure and political object
- Epilogue: the politics of China's Imperial art.
- Notes:
- "A Samuel and Althea Stroum book."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-169) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0295985224
- OCLC:
- 57529083
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