XAB241 - NEW BOOK Xi’an Museum ed: CHANG'AN YOU GU LI: SILU SHAONIAN DA TANG XING. The Charm of Ancient Chang'an: In the Eyes of an Expat from the Silk Road. 長安有故里:絲路少年大唐行. Beijing, 2024. 245 pp. Colour plates throughout. One foldout. 29x21 cm. Boards. GBP 170.00 Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Xi'an Museum that basically demonstrates the wealth and artistic legacy of the Tang dynasty with a focus on the influence of the Silk Road. Includes very fine tomb figurines (a good number showing central Asian figures), pottery, stone carvings, jade, gold and more. The exhibits from the Museum's collections. Illustrated throughout and with foreword, introductions to each section and captions to plates in English. Main text in Chinese. Subjects: Gold Jade Item 11 in List 211. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?x/XAB241.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |