Mirroring China's past : emperors, scholars, and their bronzes = Ji jin jian gu / Tao Wang ; with essays by Sarah Allan, Jeffrey Moser, Su Rongyu, Edward L. Shaughnessy, Zhixin Jason Sun, Zhou Ya, Liu Yu, and Lu Zhang.

Mirroring China's past : emperors, scholars, and their bronzes = 吉金鑒古 / Tao Wang ; with essays by Sarah Allan, Jeffrey Moser, Su Rongyu, Edward L. Shaughnessy, Zhixin Jason Sun, Zhou Ya, Liu Yu, and Lu Zhang.

"A lavishly illustrated book that offers an in-depth look at the cultural practices surrounding the tradition of collecting ancient bronzes in China during the 18th and 19th centuries. In ancient China (2000-221 b.c.) elaborate bronze vessels were used for rituals involving cooking, drinking, and se...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Art Institute of Chicago (Organizer, Host institution)
Other Authors: Wang, Tao, 1962- (Contributor, Curator)
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The Art Institute of Chicago, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Bronzes, Chinese > To 221 B.C. > Exhibitions.
Bronzes, Chinese > Collectors and collecting > China > Exhibitions.
China > Kings and rulers > Art patronage > Exhibitions.
Art and society > China > Exhibitions.
ART / Asian.
ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Silver, Gold & Other Metals.
HISTORY / Asia / China.
HISTORY / Ancient / General.
ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / Group Shows.
China > Intellectual life > Exhibitions.
Art and society.
Bronzes, Chinese.
Bronzes, Chinese > Collectors and collecting.
Intellectual life.
Kings and rulers > Art patronage.
China.
To 221 B.C.
Exhibition catalogs.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
Physical Description:264 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 32 cm
Variant Title:
Ji jin jian gu = 吉金鑒古 [Parallel title]
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note to the reader
  • Chronology of ancient China
  • Emperors of the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties
  • Matter of things : how to read ancient Chinese bronzes / Tao Wang
  • Bronze-casting technology in the late Shang Dynasty / Su Rongyu
  • Interpreting the decoration of early Chinese bronze vessels / Sarah Allan
  • Lost archaeology : from antiquity to plaything / Tao Wang
  • Chen Mengjia and the reading of bronze inscriptions as historical sources / Edward L. Shaughnessy
  • Figuring things : early scholarship on Chinese bronzes / Jeffrey Moser
  • Mirroring the past : Emperor Qianlong and his bronzes / Tao Wang
  • Emperor Qianlong's four catalogues on bronzes / Liu Yu
  • One or two? : self-representation in Emperor Qianlong's portraiture / Lu Zhang
  • The Hezi You vessels : a case study in authenticity and forgery / Zhou Ya
  • Rivals and friends : scholar-collectors and their circles / Tao Wang
  • A legend retold : the Duanfang bronzes' journey to the Metropolitan Museum of Art / Zhixin Jason Sun
  • The past in the present : an epilogue / Tao Wang
  • Checklist
  • Selected bibliography
  • Index.