Radiant Stones: Archaic Chinese Jades from the Neolithic Period Through the Han Dynasty by Myrna Myers

Radiant Stones: Archaic Chinese Jades from the Neolithic Period Through the Han Dynasty by Myrna Myers
Hong Kong, Orientations Magazine, Hong Kong, 2000. 

152 pp., il., 29.2 by 21 cm

Ex-Library book, but otherwise in very good condition with some wear to the soft cover.

Inextricably linked with Chinese civilization, jade played an essential, constituent role as a founding element in Chinese culture. Techniques of carving, the functions of the objects, and even the values related to jade were established during China?s period of formation, which spans the late Neolithic period to the age of the early empires.

This is exactly the period to which the jades presented in this book belong: from the fourth millennium B.C.E. to the fourth century C.E., from the Neolithic period to the Han and Western Jin dynasties. In hundreds of color images, the book presents the ancient jades from the world-esteemed collection of Myrna and Samuel Myers. A catalog of ancient jades from the collection of Myrna and Samuel Myers. Includes full-page color plates of all the jades.

English and French Edition.

Rare to find.