Ships of the Silk Road: The Bactrian Camel in Chinese Jade
Autor Angus Forsythen Limba Engleză Hardback – 23 ian 2019
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781781300695
ISBN-10: 1781300690
Pagini: 200
Dimensiuni: 197 x 248 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.96 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Philip Wilson Publishers
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1781300690
Pagini: 200
Dimensiuni: 197 x 248 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.96 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Philip Wilson Publishers
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
Many of the pieces illustrated and discussed here have not been seen or published before
Notă biografică
Angus Forsyth is an internationally respected collector of and authority on Chinese jade and a former president of the Oriental Ceramics Society of Hong Kong. He has given long and dedicated study to ancient jades, with special attention to the Neolithic period, publishing widely on the topic. His publications include Chinese Jade (1991) and Jades from China (co-authored with Brian McElney, 1994). The latter was written as the catalogue of an exhibition held in the Museum of East Asian Art in Bath, England, featuring more than two hundred jades from his own Peony Collection.
Cuprins
PrefaceIntroductionMap of the Silk RoadComparative West/East Timeline1. Central Asian Traffic2. Civilised Settlement And Orderly Control3. Transport And Cargoes4. The Camel In ArtPhoto CreditsSelect BibliographyIndex
Recenzii
This is a valuable book that shows the validity of the collector's eye, that tests conventional wisdom against what might be called the wisdom of objects.