SHA101 Shaanxi Provincial Museum et al. ed: SICHOU ZHI LU: DA XIBEI YIZHEN. Silk Road: The Surviving Treasures from the Northwest China. 絲綢之路 : 大西北遺珍. Beijing, 2010. 277 pp. of which c. 230 pp. comprise colour plates. 29x21 cm. Wrappers. GBP 85.00 Produced to accompany a major travelling exhibition to six museums in Northwest China. The participating museums are the Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Xinjiang and Qinghai Provincial Museums plus the Guyuan Museum in Ningxia. In addition to these museums, loans also come from smaller museums and institutions along the Silk Road in China. A total of 241 exhibits (the majority of superb quality or extremely rare) are shown which demonstrate the full cultural legacy over the ages of this important and fascinating trade route. All objects illustrated in colour plates. Preface, captions and brief summaries in English. Main text in Chinese. Subjects: Archaeology Silk Road Item 197 in List 208. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?s/SHA101.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |