Monks and merchants : Silk Road treasures from Northwest China, Gansu and Ningxia 4th-7th century / Annette L. Juliano and Judith A. Lerner ; with essays by Michael Alram ... [et al.].

Title: 
Monks and merchants : Silk Road treasures from Northwest China, Gansu and Ningxia 4th-7th century / Annette L. Juliano and Judith A. Lerner ; with essays by Michael Alram ... [et al.].

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Author/Artist: 
Juliano, Annette L.
Publisher: 
New York, N.Y. : Harry N. Abrams with the Asia Society, 2001.
Description: 
352 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 32 cm.
Other Authors: 
Lerner, Judith A.
Alram, Michael.
Asia Society.
Asia Society. Museum.
Norton Museum of Art.
Format of Material: 
Books
Subjects: 
Glassware, Ancient CMG
China, Northwest Antiquities.
Silk Road Antiquities.
Bib ID: 
69050
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Location: 
Stacks
Call Number: 
DS793.N6.J94
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Variant Title: 
Silk Road treasures from Northwest China, Gansu and Ningxia 4th-7th century
Notes: 
Catalog of an exhibition held at The Asia Society Museum, New York, Oct. 13, 2001-Jan. 6, 2002 and at Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, Fla., Feb. 9-Apr. 21, 2002.
A copy of this title was received with the David Grose research collection.
Includes glossary, bibliographical references (p. 332-348) and index.
Sassanian-Persian 5th-6th century glass bowl: p. 97 ; rock crystal beads: p. 114; two Chinese made 7th century glass vessels: p. 263.
Contents: 
Monks, merchants, and nomads in Northwest China, fourth-seventh century / by Annette L. Juliano and Judith A. Lerner --
The Silk Road in Gansu and Ningxia / by Annette L. Juliano and Judith A. Lerner --
The unbroken thread: nomads in China / by Annette L. Juliano --
Encounters with nomads / by Albert E. Dien --
Buddhist art in Northwest China / by Annette L. Juliano --
Gandhara in Gansu / by Chen Bingying --
The merchant empire of the Sogdians / by Judith A. Lerner --
The Sogdians in their homeland / by Boris I. Marshak --
Sogdians in Northwest China / by Luo Feng --
Coins and the Silk Road / by Michael Alram --
Cosmopolitanism and the Tang / by Annette L. Juliano and Judith A. Lerner.
ISBN: 
0810934787
0878480897 (pbk.)