Mirroring China's past : emperors, scholars, and their bronzes / Tao Wang ; with essays by Sarah Allan, Jeffrey Moser, Su Rongyu, Edward L. Shaughnessy, Zhixin Jason Sun, Zhou Ya, Liu Yu, and Lu Zhang.
"A lavishly illustrated book that offers an in-depth look at the cultural practices surrounding the tradition of collecting ancient bronzes in China during the 18th and 19th centuries<BR /><BR /> In ancient China (2000-221 b.c.) elaborate bronze vessels were used for rituals involvi...
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Language: | English |
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Chicago, Illinois :
The Art Institute of Chicago,
[2018]
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Note to the reader
- Chronology of ancient China
- Emperors of the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties
- Matter of things : how to read ancient Chinese bronzes / Tao Wang
- Bronze-casting technology in the late Shang Dynasty / Su Rongyu
- Interpreting the decoration of early Chinese bronze vessels / Sarah Allan
- Lost archaeology : from antiquity to plaything / Tao Wang
- Chen Mengjia and the reading of bronze inscriptions as historical sources / Edward L. Shaughnessy
- Figuring things : early scholarship on Chinese bronzes / Jeffrey Moser
- Mirroring the past : Emperor Qianlong and his bronzes / Tao Wang
- Emperor Qianlong's four catalogues on bronzes / Liu Yu
- One or two? : self-representation in Emperor Qianlong's portraiture / Lu Zhang
- The Hezi You vessels : a case study in authenticity and forgery / Zhou Ya
- Rivals and friends : scholar-collectors and their circles / Tao Wang
- A legend retold : the Duanfang bronzes' journey to the Metropolitan Museum of Art / Zhixin Jason Sun
- The past in the present : an epilogue / Tao Wang
- Checklist
- Selected bibliography
- Index.