Early Chinese Art and Its Possible Influence in the Pacific Basin: Authorized Taiwan Edition

Taipei, Taiwan, 1974. Comprehensive classic revised text presents 27 multidisciplinary papers from renown art and cultural scholars dealing with the subject of diffusion in the Pacific Basin regarding art forms and artifacts which were broadly distributed in the region that originated from China. Includes topics covering Ch'u art and archaeology; aspects of the calendar, astrology, and religious concepts of the Ch'u people revealed in the Ch'u silk manuscript; Lach-Truong culture; twelve Gods of the Chan-Kuo period silk manuscript; Thraco-Crimmerian phase in Central Asia; Tien culture; prehistoric Japan; aboriginal art of Taiwan and its implication for the cultural history of the Pacific; prehistoric pottery of Southeast Asia; aspects of the Neolithic in Oceana; pottery in the South Pacific; Neolithic cultures of Thailand and Southeast China; American Metallurgy in the Old World; relations of Chinese embroidery designs; etc. 894 pgs. No title page- as issued. Illustrated with 311 figures, 12 tables, and 16 maps. Frontispiece infrared photograph of the Ch'u silk manuscript. Gilt spine and front cover. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Minor shelfwear.. Authorized Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.