The Tomb of Li Chui: Interdisciplinary Studies into a Tang Period Finds Assemblage

Language: English

Published by Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums, Mainz, 2014

ISBN 10: 3884672215 (ISBN 13: 9783884672211)

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English text.; Hardcover (without dust jacket - as issued).; 21 x 30 cm.; 2 kg.; 391 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The exterior shows edge wear, scuffs and scratches, the edges are bumped, slightly scuffed and turning inwards, small bumps also at the top and bottom of the spine. Interior with minor signs of wear.; On May 21st 736 the noblewoman Li Chui died at the age of 25, as related by the inscription on the epitaph found in her tomb. She was buried in an earth-chambered grave outside the Tang period capital Chang'an, the present-day Xi'an. Thanks to a fortunate and rare circumstance, throughout the centuries her tomb was never robbed and numerous, precious grave goods survived. In 2001 an unusually rich and filigree assemblage of jewellery was lifted together with the deceased's skeleton in two blocks by a team of Chinese archaeologists in a far-sighted way and brought to the archaeological laboratory in Xi'an. There specialists of the German-Sino co-operation project of the Romisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum (Mainz) and the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology (Xi'an) worked together on the uncovering, documentation and presentation of the finds and contexts. For the first time such a multipartite and fine jewellery assemblage could be analysed and reconstructed within its archaeological context. The result is of impressive singularity. In the publication presented here an interdisciplinary team of academics deal in many individual studies with the complex investigations into the Tang period burial of Li Chui. Apart from archaeology, art and cultural history, as well as sinology, it is not only the scientific restoration and conservation, but also various fields of the natural sciences, which worked together towards one goal: to convey a unique and realistic insight into the world of Li Chui and her times.…

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Title
The Tomb of Li Chui: Interdisciplinary Studies into a Tang Period Finds Assemblage
Author
Greiff, Susanne; Schiavone, Romina; Jianlin, Zhang; Gailing, Hou and Junchang, Yang (editors)
Publisher
Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums, Mainz
Publication year
2014
Condition
Good
Dust jacket
No Jacket
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Edition
1st Edition
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Jorge Welsh Books has been dealing in art reference books since 1999. What started as a platform for the distribution of publications by Jorge Welsh Research & Publishing has now evolved into an established bookselling division. We focus in our fields of expertise, specifically cross-cultural works of art from Africa, India, China and Japan, with an emphasis on Chinese porcelain. Our aim is to source and deliver relevant publications in the best possible condition to collectors and academics alike, while providing a high-quality, personalised service.…

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