The accompanying title to the current Museum exhibition, Ming: 50 years that changed China, 18 September 2014 – 5 January 2015.
This titles explores the early Ming period in the years 1400–1450, a time when China was the largest (and one of the most prosperous) states in the world, ruled by a single family through a network of imperial and regional courts.
Through the themes of court people and their lives, extraordinary developments in culture, the military, religion, diplomacy and trade, this book brings the wider history of this fascinating period to colourful life.
About the Editors:
Craig Clunas: Professor of the History of Art, University of Oxford.
Jessica Harrison-Hall: Curator of Chinese Ceramics, British Museum.