From Beijing to
Versailles:
Artistic Relations
between
China and France

Editorial Comment

cat. 62) Seal of the Palace of      Celestial Bliss
jade seal

SUMMARY

The Silk Road,
the Western section

cat. 1) Alexander the Great,
known as Guimet’s Alexander
marble bust

The Silk Road,
the Oriental section

cat. 20) Foreign caravaneer
polychrome earthenware

cat. 27) Itinerant Monk
Accompanied by a Tiger
painting on silk

cat. 29) Daqin jingjiao liuxing
zhonggour bei
plaster cast

cat. 30) Printed book
copper type and engraving

cat. 31) MANUSCRIPT
    Daqin jingjiao sanwei
    mongdu zan
ink on paper

The Mongols and Islam

cat. 32) Letter from Argun,
Mongol Khan of Persia,
to Philippe le Bel, King
of France
paper scroll

cat. 36) Nestorian Cross
bronze

cat. 40) Large dish
stanniferous earthenware

The Church and the King

cat. 51) Cup and saucer with
grisaille and gold decor
fine porcelain

cat. 57) Portrait of Louis XIV
gouache on paper

Artistic Exchanges: Engraving

cat. 102) Hudongxian fahua:
Perspective Painting to
the east of the lake
engraving of the Yuanming
yuan European places

cat. 107) Print: Vases, scrolls of
painting and books.
print with light colouring

Artistic Exchanges: Paintings

cat. 114) First Sowing
painting on silk

cat. 118) The Hunts at Mulun
painting on silk

cat. 122) Qazak offering horses
as tribute
painting on silk

Artistic Exchanges: The Decorative Arts

cat. 49) Chalice
gilded silver and cloisonné enamel

cat. 52) Plate
fine porcelain, grisaille decoration with gold

cat. 67 to 68) Western couple
porcelain figures

cat. 77) Jug
with royal arms of France
porcelain, cobalt blue underglaze and overglazed enamel

cat. 127) Bowl
porcelain, overglaze
polychrome enamels

cat. 128) Bowl
porcelain, overglaze
polychrome enamels

cat. 130) Bowl
porcelain, overglaze
polychrome enamels

cat. 137) Bowl
porcelain, overglaze
polychrome enamels

cat. 139) Bowl
porcelain, overglaze
polychrome enamels