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Arts of ancient Viet Nam : from river plain to open sea /

Tingley, Nancy, 1948-

Arts of ancient Viet Nam : from river plain to open sea / Nancy Tingley ; with essays by Andreas Reinecke ... [et al.]. - Houston : New Haven : Asia Society and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ; Distributed by Yale University Press, c2009. - xi, 356 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 30 cm.

Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Sept. 13, 2009-Jan. 3, 2010, and Asia Society and Museum, Feb. 3-May 2, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Nancy Tingley -- Early cultures (first millennium B.C. to second century A.D.) / Andreas Reinecke -- Catalogue / Nancy Tingley -- The archaeology of Fu Nan in the Mekong River Delta : the Oc Eo culture of Viet Nam / Pierre-Yves Manguin -- Catalogue / Nancy Tingley -- Champa : Riverine polities, ports of call / Nancy Tingley -- Catalogue / Nancy Tingley -- Trade and exchange in the sixteenth-eighteenth centuries through the prism of Hoi An / Kerry Nguyen-Long -- Catalogue / Nancy Tingley -- Appendix. Ceramics from shipwrecks off Viet Nam / Nguyen Dinh Chien.

"Explores Viet Nam's rich heritage, from the Sa Huynh culture (1st millennium B.C.) to art from Hoi An. The authors discuss links between Viet Nam and Indonesia, reflected in the Hindu and Buddhist temples and stone sculptures, and investigate trade in gold and Chinese ceramics with Butuan"--Provided by publisher.

9780300146967 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2008042384


Art, Vietnamese--Exhibitions.


Vietnam--Antiquities--Exhibitions.

N7314 / .T46 2009

709.597/0747641411

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