The jewelry of southeast Asia / Anne Richter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richter, Anne, 1949-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewelry--Southeast Asia.

Jewelry.

Southeast Asia.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

304 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : H.N. Abrams, 2000.

Summary:

"In a tour de force of original research and synthesis, involving years of study and extensive travel throughout the region, Anne Richter gives us the first comprehensive account of a tradition that stretches across millennia from the vigour of Neolithic and Bronze Age art and animist religion to the present day, and reflects influences from the ancient Mediterranean, Western Asia, India and China." "Magnificent gold jewelry of classical Cambodia and Java, a man's ruby-eyed dragon ring from Thailand, silver work of the Vietnamese court, filigree bridal necklaces of Sumatra, jewelled belt buckles and tobacco boxes of Malaysia, royal gold sashes of the pre-Hispanic Philippines, adornment for Chinese communities and for remote hill peoples - the more than three hundred pieces seen here, many hitherto unpublished, reveal a jewelry notable for its beauty and rich significance. The analyses of the symbolism shed light on Asian cultures, while the aesthetic appeal of the items makes this volume irresistible for all jewelry lovers."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents:

Early jewelry and its continuing influence. Prehistory ; Bronze technology ; Cosmology and symbolism ; The international bead trade ; The emergence of Indianized states

Burma (Myanmar). The Pyu ; Pagan ; Pegu and Arakan in the 16th and 17th centuries ; The Taung-ngu dynasty ; The Kon-baung dynasty, the British colonial period, and after

Cambodia and Champa. Chenla ; Angkor ; Post-Angkorean Cambodia ; Champa

Thailand and Laos. Sukhothai ; Ayutthaya ; Bangkok ; Southern Thailand ; Northern Thailand and Laos

Vietnam

Minorities of Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Austroasiatic- and Austronesian-speaking minorities ; Tibeto-Burmese minorities ; Hmong and Yao peoples ; Tai minorities of north-western Vietnam and Laos ; Tai minorities of northern and north-eastern Vietnam ; The Shan

Indonesia. Java ; Bali ; Sumatra ; The eastern islands ; Sulawesi (Celebes) ; Indonesian Borneo (Kalimantan)

Malaysia. The Malay Peninsula ; Malaysian Borneo

Chinese communities of Southeast Asia. The Malay Peninsula and Singapore ; Indonesia

The Philippines. Prehistory ; Peoples of northern Luzon ; Pre-Hispanic gold jewelry ; The Muslim and animist peoples of the south ; Spanish influences.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-297) and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2 has dustjacket retained.

Other Format:

Online version: Richter, Anne. Jewelry of southeast Asia.

ISBN:

0810935287

9780810935280

OCLC:

43790446