DINNC1 - NEW BOOK Ding Zhe & Qiao Baotong ed: NANYANG CHUNQIU: TONGBAIYUE HE YIHAO MU CHUTU YUQI. (Spring and Autumn in Nanyang: Jades Excavated from No 1. Tomb at Tongbai on the Yue River). 南陽春秋:桐柏月河一號墓出土玉器。丁哲 喬保同 編著 . Beijing, 2023. 312 pp. Colour plates throughout. B/w illustrations reproducing rubbings showing designs on jades. Colour text illustrations. 30x24 cm. Cloth. GBP 220.00 This important late Spring and Autumn period tomb is located near Nanyang in China's Henan province and was excavated in 1993 and 1994. The most important finds were a large number of finely-carved small jades - knives, amulets, rings, animal-style jades etc. 133 of these jades are here shown in high-quality fullpage colour plates and in multiple views. Many pieces shown near life-size or larger than life. Black-and-white illustrations of rubbings of the designs on the jades often accompany. The first time these jades have been published as far as we are aware. Illustrated throughout in colour. Text in Chinese. Subjects: Jade Item 2 in List 210. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?d/DINNC1.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |