Author: N/A
Title: The Forbidden City - Court Culture of the Chinese Emperors
Description: Rotterdam. Museum Boymans -van Beuningen. 1990. First Edition. Quarto. Hardcover. Near Fine. Very Good. 245 pages, tekst in English and Dutch. Richly illustrated with full colour images. This is a catalogue to the exhbition held in Rotterdam at the Boymans van Beuningen museum, on the court culture of the Qing emperors. It talks about the meaning of the Qing dynasty for the history of China, the importance and meaning of 'an emperor' for China, the art forms and symbolism used for the imperial courts. The catalogue itself shows many objects from the exhibition including portraits and paintings, artefacts, jewelley, robes etc. Truly wonderful.

Keywords: Imperial Forbidden City