The acquisition by the Metropolitan Museum of Art of twenty-five paintings of the Sung and Yüan 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 Yüan 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.]

Sung and Yuan Paintings

Arts & Photography

Fu, Marilyn

Fong, Wen C.

History & Criticism

Metropolitan Museum of Art

The description for this book, Studies in Connoisseurship: Chinese Painting from the Arthur M. Sackler Collection in New York and Princeton, will be forthcoming.

Studies in Connoisseurship: Chinese Painting from the Arthur M. Sackler Collection in New York and Princeton

Fu, Shen

Reference

Princeton University Press

First Edition, 1973, first printing, a new, unread, unworn, unopened, unmarked oversized hardcover, in a fine like-new slip case, from the Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art. An album of twelve leaves from the Arthur M. Sackler Collection. Introduction, commentary and translations by Marilyn Fu and Wen Fong. Approx. 10" X 14" X 1/4". ISBN 0-87099-078-0.

The Wilderness Colors of Tao-Chi

Fong, Wen

Metropolitan Museum of Art, The

Sung and Yuan paintings

Excellent condition, spine is tight but with some marks on cover. Ships fast from NY.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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