PLC221 Museum of the Panlongcheng Site: SE RU TIAN XIANG QI CHUAN QIAN QIU: ZHONGGUO GUDAI LUSONGSHI WENHUA ZHAN. Mirrored Like Sky, Inherited by Generations: The Exhibition of Turquoise Culture of Ancient China. 色如天相器傳千秋:中國古代緑松石文化展. Beijing, 2022. vii, 1, 1, 229 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth. GBP 100.00 Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Panlongcheng Site Museum in Hubei province in China exploring the use of turquoise in ancient China. Includes items dating from the Neolithic to the Ming but the majority of the material is Tang or before. Includes very interesting and early objects from the Neolithic, Erlitou culture, Xia and Shang dynasties. Also many fine early bronzes and metalwork with turquoise and other inlay plus gold and turquoise jewellery. Includes Silk Road and steppe material. Brief introductions to each section in English, otherwise Chinese text only. An extraordinary range of objects. Subjects: Archaeology Metalwork Item 142 in List 208. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?m/PLC221.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |