1st edition hardback with dust jacket New book quarto xv + 271pp., col. & b/w pls., bibliog., index, 'During the Ming Dynasty numerous new animal themes were created to convey political and ethical messages current at court. As the result a sophisticated language of Chinese animal painting was developed, employing both the animals symbolic associations and homonymic puns. Hou-mei Sung's exciting rediscovery of some of these lost meanings has led to a full-scale investigation of the evolving history of Chinese animal painting'.

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Title: Decoded Messages: The Symbolic Language of Chinese Animal Painting
Author: Sung, Hou-mei
Publisher: Yale U. P. New Haven 2010
Dust jacket: Dust Jacket Included
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition

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