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Nanjing Museum et al. ed: DA YUE YIZHEN: HONGSHAN YUEMU WENWU JINGHUA. (Treasure of the Great Yue: Masterpieces Excavated from the Yue Kingdom Tombs at Hongshan). 大越遺珍 : 鴻山越墓文物菁華. Beijing, 2008. 341 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Boards.
GBP 110.00
Catalogues the extraordinary artefacts recently excavated from the royal tombs of the Spring and Autumn period Yue Kingdom located at Hongshan near Wuxi in China's Jiangsu province and now in the Nanjing Museum. These include the amazing sets of bells and chimes made from an early celadon-type white-glazed ceramic. The forms of the bells and chimes closely imitate the shapes and styles of archaic bronze bells and metal and stone chimes. There are in addition many other types of ceramic objects that imitate bronze forms, together with ceramics imitating jade bi discs and ceramic rhinoceros horns! There are also a number of jade articles from the period plus some small glass objects. Text in Chinese. Recommended.
 Slight bumps to front corners, otherwise fine. Out-of-print and now hard to find.
Subjects: Archaeology Ceramics
Item 156 in List 183.
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