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  title info:
    title: Ships of the Silk Road
    sub title: the Bactrian camel in Chinese jade
  name:
    name part: Forsyth, Angus
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2018
    copyright date: 2018
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xvii, 181 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color map ; 26 cm.
  abstract: For hundreds of years the Bactrian camel ploughed a lonely furrow across the vast wilderness of Asia. This bizarre-looking, temperamental yet hardy creature here came into its own as the core goods vehicle, resolutely and reliably transporting to China, over huge and unforgiving distances, fine things from the West while taking treasures out of the Middle Kingdom in return. Where the chariot, wagon and other wheeled conveyances proved useless amidst the shifting desert dunes, the surefooted progress of the camel, archetypal 'ship of the Silk Road,' now reigned supreme. The Bactrian camel was a subject that appealed particularly to Chinese artists because of its association with the exotic trade to mysterious Western lands. In his lavishly illustrated volume, Angus Forsyth explores diverse jade pieces depicting this iconic beast of burden. Almost one hundred separate objects are included, many of which have not been seen in print before. At the same time the author offers the full historical background to his subject. The book will have a strong appeal to collectors and art historians alike.
  note: Angus Forsyth.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (page 180) and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: a-cc---
  subject:
    topic: Jade art objects
    geographic: China
  subject:
    topic: Camels in art
  subject:
    geographic: Silk Road
    topic: History
  classification: NK5750.2.C6 F65 2018
  classification: 736/.240951
  identifier: 9781781300695
  identifier: 1781300690
  record info:
    record content source: YDX
    record creation date: 171204
    record change date: 20191021080851.0
    record identifier: in00003990530