China Cultural Relics Encyclopedia (1)

Author: Wang Ran
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Publish Date: 2001-01-01
Features: This book is the volume of the "Comprehensive Catalogue of Chinese Cultural Relics," featuring numerous high-quality images of bronze, pottery, stone, and jade artifacts from the Neolithic period to the Ming and Qing dynasties. The book is primarily compiled by cultural relic and archaeological experts from the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Department of Archaeology at Peking University. It reflects the development and evolution of ancient Chinese cultural relics from the Paleolithic, Neolithic, and through the Ming and Qing dynasties, as well as new discoveries and achievements in cultural relic archaeology. Many of the materials are published for the first time, and much of the content is not found in other books. The artifacts selected are all high-quality and representative. The book is rich in content, well-documented, highly scientific and systematic, with a novel format that presents the general overview and development of cultural relics in a clear and accessible manner through chronological and phased classification. It is an authoritative and comprehensive reference book on cultural relics.
The "Comprehensive Catalogue of Chinese Cultural Relics" contains over 4 million words and more than 5,000 images, including approximately 4,000 color images. It is divided into three volumes. The content covers 17 categories: bronze, pottery, stone, jade, porcelain, bone, tooth, horn, and clam artifacts, as well as bamboo and wooden artifacts, lacquerware, ironware, gold and silverware, glassware, textiles, coins, painting, calligraphy, sculpture, and ancient architecture. It encompasses all aspects of ancient Chinese cultural relics. The book is primarily compiled by cultural relic and archaeological experts from the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Department of Archaeology at Peking University. It reflects the development and evolution of ancient Chinese cultural relics from the Paleolithic, Neolithic, and through the Ming and Qing dynasties, as well as new discoveries and achievements in cultural relic archaeology. Many of the materials are published for the first time, and much of the content is not found in other books. The artifacts selected are all high-quality and representative. The book is rich in content, well-documented, highly scientific and systematic, with a novel format that presents the general overview and development of cultural relics in a clear and accessible manner through chronological and phased classification. It is an authoritative and comprehensive reference book on cultural relics.