THE QUEST FOR ETERNITY : Chinese Ceramic Sculptures from the People's Republic of China
by Caroselli, Susan L., editor
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 087701440X
- ISBN 13
- 9780877014409
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
Chronicle Books (LA Museum of Art), 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Folio, hardcover, fine in VG black pictorial dj. 162 pp. China is the oldest continuous civilization on earth. Their advances over the millenia have contributed much to our lives. In the first century they buried servants and animals alive to accompany their masters in the afterlife. Later ceramic objects replaced these sacrafices -- these had great variety including the terra cotta warriors , elegant ladies, horses, houses etc. Here they are shown after being excavated from the earth from thousands of years ago.
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- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85023
- Title
- THE QUEST FOR ETERNITY : Chinese Ceramic Sculptures from the People's Republic of China
- Author
- Caroselli, Susan L., editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 087701440X
- ISBN 13
- 9780877014409
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books (LA Museum of Art)
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco, Ca
- Date Published
- 1988
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