About this Item
Stunning works of art in gold, silver, glass, clay & stone - many recently excavated and virtually unknown in the West -illuminate a pivotal epoch in Chinese history, the tumultuous centuries between China's great empires, the Han and the Tang, and the crucial role it played in the transformation of Chinese civilization. 334 illus., 214 infull color. 352p. Pap. Seller Inventory # 345680
Bibliographic Details
Title: Monks and Merchants: Silk Road Road ...
Publisher: Asia Society
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Oversized Paperback
Condition: Good
About this title
This sumptuous volume, the first to explore the magnificent treasures and sites of China's northwest section of the Silk Road, accompanies an exhibition at the Asia Society in New York. The text by an international team of scholars illuminates the importance of the region in this period of fertile cross-cultural exchanges between Eastern and Western Asia.
375 pictures, 232 in color.
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