Softcover
2008 · Seoul
Seoul: T'ongch' n Munhwasa, 2008. Softcover. VG. Black & mauve wraps, French flaps, 188 pp., color illus. Main text is in Korean, with greetings introduction also in English and Chinese, and English titles. Issued in conjunction with a 2008-2009 exhibition of a variety of decorative arts pieces. "The exhibition, themed on the origins of ancient Chinese painting, will offer systematic insight into how ancient Chinese painting came into being and evolved. It will feature a broad range of Chinese cultural properties: earthenware and jades of prehistoric times; bronze ware of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period; and bronze mirrors and rabbings of brick and stone engravings of the Han Dynasty. Many of them are Chinese national treasures." (p. 8) With an essay, and annotated and illustrated catalogue of 44 pieces.
(Inventory #: 153265)