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Secrets of the fallen pagoda : the Famen temple and Tang Court culture / Eugene Y. Wang [and others]

Author(s): Sen, Tansen | Wang, Eugene Yuejin

Secrets of the fallen pagoda : the Famen temple and Tang Court culture / Eugene Y. Wang [and others]
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Main Title
Secrets of the fallen pagoda : the Famen temple and Tang Court culture
Author(s)
Wang, Eugene Yuejin
Sen, Tansen
Publisher
Singapore : Asian Civilisations Museum, 2014
Collation
220 p. : ill. (chiefly col.)
25 cm
ISBN
9789810789473
Dewey Class
709.51
Contents
Introduction. Secrets of the fallen Pagoda, mysteries of Famen Temple / Alan Chong -- Relic worship at the Famen Temple and the Buddhist world of the Tang dynasty / Tansen Sen -- The emperor's new body / Eugene Y. Wang -- Catalogue, part 1. The Famen Temple crypt -- Tang China and the world / Wang Shen -- Catalogue, part 2. The exotic : Tang China and the world ; Gold and Silver ; Buddhism in the Tang period ; Tombs and the afterlife ; Women in the Tang period ; Ceramics ; Rubbings of the Famen Temple steles.
Language
English
Subject
Decorative arts -- China -- Exhibitions
BRN
4830

Notes

  • "This book accompanies the exhibition 'Secrets of the Fallen Pagoda: Treasures from Famen Temple and the Tang Court' presented at the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, from 17 January to 4 May 2014." -- verso.
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