The Washington Post, April 23rd, 1987
CLASSIC CHINESE FURNITURE: MING AND EARLY QING DYNASTIES By Wang Shixiang China Books & Periodicals. 328 pp., $95. For more than 500 years, from the late 14th century until the beginning of the 20th, Peking was the capital of two imperial dynasties, the Ming and Qing. Most people associate the Ming dynasty with the delicate blue-and-white patterned porcelain produced in that period. In fact, the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) and the first 90 years of the Qing (1644-1735) represent a golden age for all the arts, including one not usually associated with the period: furniture-making. Even though 4th-...
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