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Bronze mirrors in ancient China : artistry and technique / Kin Sum Li.
Penn Museum Library NK7983.A1 L4885 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Li, Kin Sum, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bronze mirrors--China--History--To 618.
- Bronze mirrors.
- Manufacturing processes--China--History--To 1500.
- Manufacturing processes.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 258 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- "This pioneering work offers a detailed analysis of how mirrors were designed and produced during the period from 500 to 200 BCE. It describes mirror manufacture, considers the degree to which artisans could express creativity within the system of mass production, and explains how mirrors became widely disseminated in Asia"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Mirror design with freehand working methods
- Mass production with the multiple-transfer method
- The network for mirror design
- Appendix. Groups of identical mirrors.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-246) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780295752907
- 0295752904
- OCLC:
- 1433013348
- Publisher Number:
- 90103155981
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