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Treasures of China: The Glories of the Kingdom of the Dragon
by Chinnery, John
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1844836509
- ISBN 13
- 9781844836505
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About This Item
London: Duncan Baird Publishers, 2008. Pictorial boards, 224 pages, colour illustrations, colour map; 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. CONTENTS: China, the great survivor; Crucible of a civilization; Servants of the Supreme Lord; An age of philosophy and war; Ritual bronzes; The first emperor; The Terracotta Army; The mandate of heaven; A cosmopolitan empire; Clans and kingdoms; Fiefdoms and warlords; The coming of the Dharma; Dazu, Caves of the Buddha; A reunited empire; The great progenitor; Tang imperial tombs; Masters of East Asia; Warriors in the North; Calligraphy; Lords of Kaifeng; An uneasy coexistence; Painting of the song; The coming of the Khans; Ceramics of the Tang to Quing; An age of splendor; The temple of heaven; A slow unraveling; The dragon in the East; The Forbidden City; The Setting Sun; Chronology of dynasties and notable emperors.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to.
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- Title
- Treasures of China: The Glories of the Kingdom of the Dragon
- Author
- Chinnery, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 1844836509
- ISBN 13
- 9781844836505
- Publisher
- Duncan Baird Publishers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2008
- Size
- 4to
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES; Asian / Chinese;
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