Symbols of Eternity: The Art of Landscape Painting in China
- ISBN-10
- 0804710252
- ISBN-13
- 9780804710251
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 205
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1979
- Publisher
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press
- Author
- Michael Sullivan
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