The Williams Collection of Far Eastern Ceramics
The Williams Collection of Far Eastern Ceramics

Author: Kamer Aga-Oglu

Publisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY

Published: 1972-01-01

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 0932206743

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Kamer Aga-Oglu was curator of the Museum’s Asian collections from 1945 to 1974. An extraordinary scholar, Aga-Oglu singlehandedly transformed the study of Asian ceramics, focusing particularly on understudied Asian trade wares in the Museum’s collections. She described for the first time a whole new range of East Asian ceramics that until then were unknown, even among specialists, and she documented the pre-European movement of these ceramics throughout the Pacific and as far as Turkey and East Africa. Her catalogs of the Williams Collection contain dozens of photographs and detailed descriptions of the pieces.

The Union of Burma
The Union of Burma

Author: Hugh Tinker

Publisher: Hassell Street Press

Published: 2021-09-09

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9781014476791

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Art of Śrīvijaya
The Art of Śrīvijaya

Author: Unesco. Advisory Committee for the Study of Malay Culture

Publisher: Kuala Lumpur ; New York : Oxford University Press ; Paris : UNESCO

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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Studies prepared for a project sponsored by Unesco's Advisory Committee for the Study of Malay Culture.

China and the Roman Orient
China and the Roman Orient

Author: Friedrich Hirth

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2021-06-17

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 0755639383

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Similar in size and in duration, the Chinese and the Roman empires ruled half the world's population at the time of their co-existence. But what did they know about each other? In China and the Roman Orient Friedrich Hirth uses linguistic, geographical and historical analysis of ancient Chinese records to reconstruct the ancient trade routes used by the Chinese and to show what knowledge they had of the Roman Empire. His careful research on the original Chinese sources also tells us much about the geography, history and commerce of the period. China and the Roman Orient quickly established itself as a landmark work. It remains an important and much cited work but is now scarce. This new edition contains a new introduction by leading contemporary scholar Victor Mair, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at the University of Pennsylvania, USA