Cat.No: 242260 Art of the Houma foundry. Institute of Archeology of Shanxi Province.

Art of the Houma foundry

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996. hardcover. viii, 523 pages, very good hardcover in a lightly shelfworn dustjacket. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and line drawings.

"Art of the Houma Foundry is 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. The 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..."

Cat.No: 242260
ISBN: 0691011370

Price: $150.00

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