Kelly Crow, Xanadu, Sacramento and Beyond. Wall Street Journal, Sept. 3, 2010.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703369704575461632236321648.html?mod=WSJ_ArtsEnt_LifestyleArtEnt_6
(The Yuan Dynasty)
Note:
(a) Kublai Khan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kublai_Khan
(忽必烈; 1215-1294; founder of the Yuan Dynasty in China, in 1271; By 1279, the Yuan forces had successfully annihilated the last resistance of the Southern Song Dynasty)
(b) Xanadu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanadu
(上都; located in what is now called Inner Mongolia, 275 kilometres (171 mi) north of Beijing, which was 大都)
(c) bling (n; imitative): "flashy jewelry worn especially as an indication of wealth; broadly : expensive and ostentatious possessions" www.m-w.com
(d) The scroll of Kublai Khan is with National Palace Museum, Taipei.
(e) Press release: The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty. Metropolitan Museum of Arts, July 22, 2010.
http://www.metmuseum.org/press_room/full_release.asp?prid={5DE84F8D-BBC4-4AB4-B3A0-58E3956F0432}
* In addition, in the same museum there is a Current Exhibition:
Celebration: The Birthday in Chinese Art
February 27, 2010–November 28, 2010
Florence and Herbert Irving Galleries for Chinese Decorative Arts, 3rd floor
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId={C41D0F44-7DF1-42EF-8F0F-88E9412203DC}