BRONCES ARCAICOS DEL MUSEO DE SHANGHAI: FESTINES, RITUALES Y CERE MONIAS Tapa blanda - 2004

Barcelona: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, 2004. Softcover. VG (bumped corner). Orange illustrated wraps. Glassine dust wrapper. 220 pp. Color and bw figures. In Spanish. Catalogue for 2004 museum exhibition of ancient chinese bronzes.

Museu Nacional D'Art de Catalunya, Spain, 2004 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Spanish text.; Paperback; 24 x 29.5 cm.; 1.3 Kg.; 220 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Used book in fine condtion. Interior as new. Minor signs of shelf wear on the exterior.; Exhibition catalogue.; From the 21st century BC, with the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, China enters the Bronze Age. From this period are preserved, among others, different bronze vessels of great beauty and complexity, used to offer food and wines to the ancestors. This shows us that already at that time the gastronomy and the feast were of great importance in the culture and the rite. In addition, the bronze denoted power as evidenced by the fact that many of those vessels were commissioned by kings and nobles, who took them on their last trip to enjoy them for all eternity. With the Iron Age (4th century BC), the bronzes will lose their ritual function. The discovery of bronze vessels in tombs or graves will be considered as an… Leer más