{"product_id":"remembrance-in-clay-and-stone","title":"Remembrance in Clay and Stone","description":"This book explores the memorial and funerary artistic traditions of Southwest China during the Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE). In early imperial times, the art of this region—present-day Sichuan province—differed in both style and content from tomb and memorial art produced in other parts of the Han empire, especially that of the Central Plains, considered the heartland of Chinese civilization. Although Southwest China was described in contemporaneous accounts as an uncultured backwater, it had a vibrant and sophisticated artistic tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHajni Elias examines the Southwest’s rich material culture, which includes pictorial brick tiles, \u003ci\u003emingqi\u003c\/i\u003e or spirit vessels, pottery figurines, decorated stone sarcophagi, architectural gate towers, and commemorative and ancestral stelae. She sheds light on the distinct traits and practices that arose from the region’s complex geographical, cultural, and economic tapestry. Elias also places the Southwest in a broader Han cultural framework, offering a new perspective on early Chinese society and its mortuary and memorial practices. Showcasing the quality and breadth of the achievements of the Southwest’s artisans and craftsmen, \u003ci\u003eRemembrance in Clay and Stone\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the distinctive and sophisticated ways in which people of this era recorded and memorialized their lives.","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54237215850840,"sku":"9780231217101","price":67.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780231217101_eed82c79-0422-4a5c-a3a7-0ec68350cd9e.jpg?v=1781069417","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/remembrance-in-clay-and-stone","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}