Three Hundred Masterpieces of Chinese Painting in the National Palace Museum of Peiping (Taichung, Taiwan) Vols 1-6 1959 ~ First Edition

Title: Three Hundred Masterpieces of Chinese Painting in the Palace Museum, Vols 1-6

Author: Introduction by Wang Shih-chien / Essay by Chia-Luen Lo / Selected and compiled by an editorial committee of the Joint Board of Directors of the National Palace Museum and the National Central Museum

Description: First Edition, 1959. 6 folio volumes in 2 folding cases. Cases in blue cloth with ivory clasps. Traditional Chinese stitched bindings with tapestry-design silk covers. Illustrations in black-and-white with 46 tipped-in color plates. Introduction, essay, and each plate's accompanying description in Chinese and English. Comes with the original cardboard packing boxes. A very attractive set.

The pictures reproduced in these volumes are the property of the Republic of China (Taiwan), and form part of the treasure that came from the former Imperial Palace of the Qing Dynasty and are for the most part housed at the National Palace Museum of Peiping. The collection in Peiping had passed successively from one imperial court to another, over the course of some seven centuries, and included a large quantity of ancient paintings from preceding dynasties.

Of the 300 pictures reproduced here, thirty-five are of the Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618-907), twenty-five of the Epoch of the Five Dynasties (907-960), eighty-four of the Sung Dynasty (960-1279), sixty-one of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), and eighty-four of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and the early Qing period.

Binding: Traditional hand stitched bindings
Condition: Near Fine
Slipcase Condition: Near Fine

Publisher: National Palace Museum and National Central Museum
Place: Taichung, Taiwan
Year: 1959

Keywords: Chinese art,