Art of the Houma Foundry Institute of Archaeology of Shanxi Provincial by Li Xiating; Liang Ziming ISBN 13: 9780691011370

Princeton University Press, 1996. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996. hardcover. viii, 523 pages, very good hardcover in a lightly shelfworn dustjacket. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and line drawings. "Art of the Houma Foundry is an illustrated repertory of archaeological finds made at the site of a sixth- to fifth-century B.C. bronze foundry located at modern Houma in Shanxi Province, P.R.C. In the sixth and fifth centuries, Houma was the capital of the state of Jin, a major power in China at the time. The excavation of the foundry site, the largest known in the ancient world, was important above all for the spectacular wealth of decorated clay foundry-debris that was recovered there...