ART OF THE HOUMA FOUNDRY
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1996. Li Xiating (Drawings) and Liang Zimibng (Photography). First Edition (NAP). Hardcover. In Chinese and English. Chinese sections by Su Bingqi, Huang Jinglue and Yang Fudou (Preface). Chapter 1 on The Houma Foundry Debris in Chinese; Chapter 2 Classification of Decorative Patterns;(English portion by Robert W. Bagley and Jay Xu. Quarto). Olive-green cloth-over-boards (12 3/8 in. x 9 1/4 in.) with gilt lettering to spine). Ever-so-slight nudges to several corners -- hardly noticeable. 1302 photographs and/or illustrations, of which 18 are in color. 523 pp. Housed in purple and green dustjacket with ancient Chinese decorations and Chinese lettering. Very Good Plus in Very Good Plus Dustjacket. Item #88697
ISBN: 0691011370
"...An illustrated repertory of archaeological finds made at the site of a sixth-to-fifth century B.C. bronze foundry located at modern Houma in Shanxi Province, P.R.C. In the sixth and fifth centuries Houma was the capital of the state of Jin, a major power in China at the time. Thje excavation of the foundry site, the largest known in the ancient world, was important above all for the spectacular wealth of decorated clay foundry-debris that was recovered there...The book presents 1200 of the most notable pieces of decorated foundry debris in photographs and drawings, [making] available to art historians, archaeologists, and museum curators an archive of unparalleled richness for one of the major art styles of ancient China..." (front flap of dustjacket).
Price: $125.00