Featuring hundreds of pieces never seen outside China, this sumptuous book focuses on the most powerful rulers of China's last dynasty, the Qing. With glorious, specially commissioned color photographs and authoritative text from experts in the field, China: The Three Emperors features more than 370 treasures-precious robes and palace furnishings, paintings and painted scrolls, weapons and ceremonial armor, clocks and astronomical instruments, and even an imperial throne. An incisive series of essays explores the many fascinating themes linking these artistic and cultural treasures, describing the complex rituals and intriguing personalities that created them.