The acquisition by the Metropolitan Museum of Art of twenty-five paintings of the Sung and Y???an dynasties from the collection of Mr. C. C. Wang must be considered one of the finer moments in the collecting history of the institution. The quality of each handscroll, album leaf, and hanging scroll is satisfyingly high. In its totality the collection is of the utmost importance because the group fills what has up to now been a serious gap in the Museum's oriental holdings. Although the Museum is strong in Chinese sculpture, ...
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The acquisition by the Metropolitan Museum of Art of twenty-five paintings of the Sung and Y???an dynasties from the collection of Mr. C. C. Wang must be considered one of the finer moments in the collecting history of the institution. The quality of each handscroll, album leaf, and hanging scroll is satisfyingly high. In its totality the collection is of the utmost importance because the group fills what has up to now been a serious gap in the Museum's oriental holdings. Although the Museum is strong in Chinese sculpture, porcelain, decorative arts, and monumental painting, its examples of the early "classic" period of Chinese landscape and figure style have been inadequate. The Bahr collection of Sung and Y???an paintings gained by the Metropolitan in 1947, although containing some works of art of considerable quality, must be viewed upon reflection more as a valuable study collection than as a series of masterworks. Thus the acquisition of these major holdings of the C. C. Wang collection is felicitous indeed. [This book was originally published in 1973 and has gone out of print. This edition is a print-on-demand version of the original book.] The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press
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Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very Good. Size: 10x8x0; Wrapper shows light rubbing and a small area of peeling on fore-edge of front panel. Touch of soiling to top edge. Text and images unmarked. Oblong 8vo. 162pp.
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Fair in Missing jacket. Size: 10x8x0; Hardbound without dust jacket. Neat tape reinforcement of hinge inside front cover, wear through to boards at lower corners; gentle wear. Pages unmarked.
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Very Good. 10 1/2 x 8 1/2. 164 page oblong paperback with illustrations-a catalog of the C.C. Wang Collection acquired by the Metropolitan Museum. Text by Wen Fong, catalogue by Marilyn Fu. Bibliography and Index at rear. Light rubbing to rear spine edge. Very good condition overall-unmarked, tight and clean.
