Overview:

About the Author:

Li Ya is a professor at the Shanghai Theater Academy who specializes in researching and teaching the history of Chinese costumes.

About the Book:

Jewelry of Ancient China makes use of historical documents to teach people about the origins, naming techniques, categorization, materials, styles, production techniques, wearing methods, and decorative patterns of jewelry.

It analyzes and interprets the close relationship between clothing and people in traditional Chinese culture.  Jewelry is often used to represent people's status, spiritual outlook, philosophy, and aesthetic tastes, as well as cultural trends. To understand jewelry, we must also understand people and society. 

PubDate: September, 2020         

Price: RMB 698

ISBN: 978-7-5594-4254-3

Rights: World