Description
Book SynopsisThis exquisite edition of
A Dream of Red Mansions features a rare set of Qing Dynasty paintings by Sun Wen. This collector's edition features a complete set of Sun Wen's 230 paintings in splendid color, printed on fine paper. Condensed text from the original novel accompanies each of the paintings and offers a wonderful insight and a brief summary of each of the 120 chapters.
This rare edition will be a keepsake for many generations, and is perfect for gift-giving and presentations. The original paintings are presently preserved in Lvshun Museum, Dalian, China.
Trade Review"As one leafs through this luxurious folio, one encounters a panoply of late Imperial Chinese images — dream sequences, demons, goddesses, nuns, nobles, beggars, raging fires, landscapes, interiors, wildlife, gardens, temples, funerals, battles, processions, banquets, trials, operas, marriages — all rendered in exquisite detail by the artist. The highly realistic figures display the full ranges of human emotion and interaction. The folio thereby provides a broad and meticulously rendered nearly-cinematic exposure to aristocratic life in the China of the late 1800s. In sum,
A Dream of Red Mansions, as portrayed through the brush of Sun Wen provides an immersive experience of late Imperial China, one that entices, entertains and enraptures the reader, the historian, and the art lover alike." —
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