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Apr
29
Lecture | Guides for the Soul: Art from China's Warring States Period
Chinese, mid-Warring States period to early Western Han dynasty (ca. 470–221 B.C.), Sword-bearer lamp, 4th–2nd century B.C. Bronze with cast and engraved designs. Princeton University Art Museum. Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Join Cary Liu, Nancy and Peter Lee Curator of Asian Art, as he discusses the acquisition of two important tomb artifacts dating from the Warring States period (ca. 470–221 B.C.). One is a rare bronze lamp made with different colored alloys that may have guided the soul to the afterlife. The other is a uniquely decorated eared cup that may have been used to provide sustenance to the deceased.
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