Dr. Lei Yong
Palace Museum, Beijing
“Connecting Chains Built by Scientific Archaeology: Connections between China & the West in Western Zhou, Bronze & Ceramics in the Han Dynasty and Chang’an & Luoyang Tang Sancai”
Thursday, April 29, 4.30-6.30 pm
CWAC 156
Abstract
How, when, and where objects were made are questions that bridge together art, technology, and science. I will briefly introduce three cases about Chinese Faience in the Western and Eastern Zhou Dynasties, Hu pottery in Han Dynasty and Tang Sancai, focusing on archaeological interpretation.
Some Chinese beads might have been produced in the West 3000 years ago. I would like to look at why ceramics techniques in the Han Dynasty appear to have declined. Former research methodology on large ceramic human and animal figures in the Tang Dynasty might need to be revised due to the discovery of Tang Sancai.
