22.2 x 29.2cm
304pp, 240 color plates and 248 b/w illustrations
Five tables, Two maps, chinese and English text
Clothbound, 1991
ISBN 962-321-023-X
HK$ 580.00
Jades from the Tomb of the King of Nanyue
|
Jades from the Tomb of the King of
Nanyue 22.2 x 29.2cm |
In the development of jade carving in China, Han jades occupy an
important position after the Neolithic and Shang/Zhou periods. the Western Han tomb of the
King of Nanyue was discovered in Xiangang, Guangzhou in 1983. A total of more than two
hundred pieces of jade have been unearthed. The jades include a great number of sword
fittings, eleven pectorals, several jade utensils and a unique shroud with silk thread;
the first set to have been found so far. The archaeological stratigraphy and
inter-relationship of these groups
of jades are well defined, and thus, they constitute the most coherent group of Han jades
of immense academic and aesthetic importance