The Tang Shipwreck: Art and Exchange in the 9th Century

Edited by Alan Chong and Stephen A. Murphy Stephen A. Murphy, Michael Flecker, Regina Krahl, John Guy, John Miksic, Derek Heng, Kan Shuyi, François Louis, Qi Dongfang

Format: Print Book

ISBN: 9789811126666

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This book tells the story and presents the objects found on the Tang Shipwreck, discovered off Belitung Island in Indonesia in 1998, and now housed at the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore. It is one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of recent times. Found at the site was a remarkable cargo of some 60,000 Chinese ceramics dating from the Tang dynasty (618–907), along with finely wrought gold and silver objects, bronze mirrors, and more ordinary objects belonging to the crew. Just as remarkable were the remnants of the ship itself, which consisted of wooden planks sewn together with rope. The ten essays in this profusely illustrated volume discuss the ceramics and other commodities onboard, the ship's construction and possible origin, China's maritime trade in the Tang period, Chinese ceramic production, ports of call in Asia and Southeast Asia, and life on board the ship.

Language: :English
Number of Pages: :300
Format: :HB
Imprint: :(ACM) Asian Civilisations Museum
Publication Date :20170301

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