Proceedings of the First Forbes Symposium at the Freer Gallery of Art
Edited by Paul Jett with Janet G. Douglas, Blythe McCarthy, and John Winter
Publisher: Archetype Publications with the Freer Gallery of Art
Subject: 1. Art and science 2. Asia-Antiquities 3. Asian art 4. Forbes 5. Scientific research
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Pages: 207
ISBN: 1-873132-38-7
Contents
Connections between Islam, Europe, and the Far East in the Early Medieval Period: The Evidence of Jewelry Technology
Jack OGDEN
Studies on Archaeological Ambers in Japan
Masanori SATO, Mitsuru MIMURA, and Kazuo YAMASAKI
Feathers of Blue on a Field of Gold: Chinese Ornament with Kingfisher-Feather Cloisonné
Blythe MCCARTHY and Ellen Salzman CHASE
Two Stages of Studies of Bronze Casting in Ancient China
SU Rongyu
Chinese Cast Iron through Twenty-Five Hundred Years
P. T. CRADDOCK , M. L. WAYMAN, H. WANG, and C. MICHAELSON
A Study of the Making of Bronze Weapons in the Wu and Yue States During the Eastern Zhou Period in China
LIAN Haiping and TAN Derui
Metallurgical Analysis of Metal Cauldrons from Xinjiang, Northwest China
MEI Jianjun
Tinned Belt Plaques of the Sixth to Fifth Century B.C.E. from Gansu Province, China: A Technical Study
MA Qinglin and D. A SCOTT
The Manufacturing Technique of Ferrous Artifacts Excavated From Xianbei Gravesite at Lamadong Village of Liaoning Province
CHEN Jianli, HAN Rubin, and WAN Xin
A Study of Later Chinese Metalwork
Michael COWELL, Susan LA NIECE, and Jessica RAWSON
Medieval Islamic Metal Technology
Susan LA NIECE
A Scientific Study of Twin Japanese Bronze Mirrors
Ryu MURAKAMI, Masaaki SAWADA, W. T. CHASE, and P. JETT
A Millennium of Khmer Bronze Metallurgy: Analytical Studies of Bronze Artifacts from the Musée Guimet and the Phnom Penh National Museum
David BOURGARIT, Benoit MILLE, Thierry BOREL, Pierre BAPTISTE, and Thierry ZÉPHIR
Trace Elements in North Indian and Tibetan Statuettes of Copper Alloys
Josef RIEDERER
New Evidence for the Historical Context of Buddhist Bronzes from Swat Valley, Northern Pakistan
Chandra L. REEDY
Scientific Investigations of an Enthroned Buddha from Kashmir
John TWILLEY
Pigments on Japanese Ukiyo-e Paintings in the Freer Gallery of Art
Elisabeth West FITZHUGH
East Asian Painting Pigments: Recent Progress and Remaining Problems
John WINTER, Jennifer GIACCAI, and Marco LEONA
Five Protective Goddesses (Pancaraksha): A Study of Color Notations and Pigments
Kate DUFFY and Jacki ELGAR
Other volumes in this series:
Scientific Research on Ancient Asian Metallurgy (2012)
Scientific Research on Historic Asian Ceramics (2009)
Scientific Research on the Sculptural Arts of Asia (2007)
Scientific Research on the Pictorial Arts of Asia (2005)