The first emperor: China's Terracotta Army / edited by Jane Portal; with the assistance of Hiromi Kinoshita
2007, 1st Edition. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #341232
Physical description: 240 pages: illustrations (chiefly color), color maps; 30 cm. Contents: The rise of Qin and the military conquest of the warring states -- The First Emperor and the Qin empire -- Imperial tours and mountain inscriptions -- The First Emperor's tomb: the afterlife universe -- A two-thousand-year-old underground empire. Summary: The Terracotta Army is evidence of the organisational power of the Qin Dynasty that unified China in 221 BC. This book unfolds the historical and archaeological context of the Terracotta Warriors, and explores the new research and excavation that has been carried out in the years since the first discovery in 1974. Subjects: Qin shi huang Emperor of China 259 B.C.-210 B.C. Tomb; Exhibitions. Qin shi huang Emperor of China 259 B.C.-210 B.C. Terra-cotta sculpture, Chinese Qin-Han dynasties, 221 B.C.-220 A.D.; Exhibitions.
Excavations (Archaeology) China Shaanxi Sheng; Exhibitions.
Price: €25.00