ZZSPT1 SICHUAN PINGWU TUSI YIZHEN: MINGDAI WANG XI JIAZU MU CHUTU WENWU XUANCUI. (Relics of the Chieftain of Pingwu in Sichuan: A Selection of Treasures Excavated from the Ming Dynasty Cemetery of the Kings of Xi). 四川平武土司遺珍 : 明代王璽家族墓出土文物選粹. Beijing, 2018. 287 pp. Colour plates throughout, many full page. 1 foldout. Colour text illustrations. 29x21 cm. Boards. GBP 110.00 Very interesting, fine and varied selection of objects excavated from the royal cemetery of the Kings of Xi, a Ming dynasty fiefdom centred on Pingwu in Sichuan province in China. Includes ceramics, gold jewellery and accessories, bronze items, engraved tomb bricks and reliefs, a few small jade objects and much else. Useful texts set the context of the fiefdom and its history. Illustrated throughout in colour. Text in Chinese. Subjects: Archaeology Gold Item 229 in List 208. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?s/ZZSPT1.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |