SHM233 Shanghai Museum ed: BUXIU DE YUJIA: ZHONGGUO HANDAI WENWU JINGPIN. The Jade Amour of Immortality: Treasures of Han Period China. 不朽的玉甲:中國漢代文物精品. Shanghai, 2023. 205 pp. Colour plates throughout, a number full page. 29x21 cm. Wrappers. GBP 75.00 Catalogue of an exhibition at the Shanghai Museum showing 110 very fine examples of Han dynasty art. Includes tomb figurines, jades, lacquer, metalwork and more. The majority of the items from the Museum's collection plus a number of loans from elsewhere in China. All illustrated in colour and well described. An excellent survey of fine artistic achievements during one of China's most flourishing times. Of particular note for a good showing of jades (43 items) and fine lacquerware. Dual texts in Chinese and English. Subjects: Archaeology Jade Item 14 in List 210. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?s/SHM233.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |