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Hardcover Chinese Art and Design: Art Objects in Ritual and Daily Life Book

ISBN: 087951437X

ISBN13: 9780879514372

Chinese Art and Design: Art Objects in Ritual and Daily Life

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This book explores China's past in a new way. It shows how art objects were used in Chinese culture -- in sumptuous burials, in temples, in the elegant mansions of the rich, and the splendid setting of the Imperial Court. It explains the use of porcelain, lacquer, jade, silk and precious metals in the arts of eating and drinking. Looking afresh at the taste of Chinese scholars and western collectors over the centuries, it increases our understanding...

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