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Shipwrecked : Tang treasures and monsoon winds / edited by Regina Krahl ... [et al.] ; with contributions by Alison Effeny ... [et al.].

Other author/creatorKrahl, Regina.
Other author/creatorEffeny, Alison.
Other author/creatorArt Science Museum at Marina Bay Sands (Singapore)
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution ; Singapore : National Heritage Board : Singapore Tourism Board, ©2010.
Descriptionxix, 307 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 32 cm
Subject(s)
Art Science Museum at Marina Bay Sands (Singapore)--Exhibitions.
Treasure troves--Indonesia --Billiton Island --Exhibitions.
Shipwrecks--Indonesia --Billiton Island --Exhibitions.
Luxuries--China --Exhibitions.
Pottery, Chinese--Tang-Five dynasties, 618-960 --Exhibitions.
Porcelain, Chinese--Tang-Five dynasties, 618-960 --Exhibitions.
Trade routes--Asia --Exhibitions.
Billiton Island (Indonesia)--Antiquities --Exhibitions.
China--Antiquities --Exhibitions.
Portion of title Tang treasures and monsoon winds
Contents Introduction : ships in the Nanhai / Wang Gungwu -- Rare and strange goods : international trade in ninth-century Asia / John Guy -- Dating the Belitung shipwreck / J. Keith Wilson and Michael Flecker -- Chinese ceramics in the late Tang dynasty / Regina Krahl -- Pearl cups like the moon : the Abbasid reception of Chinese ceramics / Jessica Hallett -- Metal objects on the Belitung shipwreck / François Louis -- A ninth-century Arab shipwreck in Indonesia : the first archaeological evidence of direct trade with China / Michael Flecker -- The jewel of Muscat : reconstructing a ninth-century sewn-plank boat / Tom Vosmer -- The navigational route of the Belitung shipwreck and the late Tang ceramic trade / Hsieh Ming-liang -- Tang dynasty Changsha ceramics / Liu Yang -- White ware with green décor / Hsieh Ming-liang -- Chemical fingerprinting : tracing the origins of the green-splashed white ware / Li Baoping, Chen Yuh-shiow, and Nigel Wood -- Green wares of southern China / Regina Krahl -- White wares of northern China / Regina Krahl -- Tang blue-and-white / Regina Krahl -- Bronze mirrors / François Louis -- Gold and silver wares on the Belitung shipwreck / Qi Dongfang.
General notePublished on the occasion of an exhibition opening at the ArtScience Museum, Singapore, Feb. 2011.
General note"Cloth edition distributed by Smithsonian Books through Random House"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 283-295) and index.
LCCN 2010039869
ISBN9780934686181 (pbk.)
ISBN0934686181 (pbk.)
ISBN9781588343055 (cloth)
ISBN1588343057 (cloth)

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