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Capon, Edmund & William MacQuitty PRINCES OF JADE
London Sphere Books Limited 1973 Paperback Good with no dust jacket
Small sticker front cover. ; 18 x 25 cm.; pg. 192; Chronological lists, bibliography, index, many color and black-and-white photos. " On the 27th of June, 1968, during the Cultural Revolution, great excitement was caused throughout China by the excavation of the Man Ch'eng tombs--a discovery that ranks high among the great archaeological finds of this century. In these huge tombs, carved out of living rock, were found the bodies of Liu Sheng , a prince of the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD) , and his consort, Princess Tou Wan. The bodies had been covered from head to toe in suits of finely-carved interlocking jade pieces, held together by wires of gold and silver--figures of exquisite beauty and craftsmanship. [The author] has used the lives of the Jade Princes as the focus for this fascinating account of China in the age of the first of the great ruling dynasties. "
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