TY - BOOK ID - 17069159 TI - Monks and merchants : Silk Road treasures from Northwest China, Gansu and Ningxia 4th-7th century AU - Juliano, Annette L. AU - Lerner, Judith A. AU - Alram, Michael AU - Chen, Bingying AU - Dien, Albert E. PY - 2001 SN - 0810934787 0878480897 9780810934788 9780878480890 PB - New York Harry N. Abrams, with the Asia Society DB - UniCat KW - China, Northwest KW - Silk Road KW - Antiquities KW - monks KW - merchants KW - zijderoute KW - Northwest China KW - monks [people] KW - S17/2125 KW - S17/0550 KW - China: Art and archaeology--Musea and exhibitions: USA KW - China: Art and archaeology--Silk route KW - China, Northwest - Antiquities KW - Silk Road - Antiquities UR - http://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17069159 AB - Stunning works in precious metals, glass, and stone--many recently excavated and virtually unknown outside China--shed new light on a pivotal epoch in Chinese history. From the 4th through 7th century, monks and merchants freely traveled along the fabled Silk Road, linking China with the west, propagating Buddhism, and purveying exotic goods and artifacts that fundamentally transformed Chinese culture and society. This sumptuous volume, the first to explore the magnificent treasures and sites of China's northwest section of the Silk Road, accompanies an exhibition at the Asia Society in New York. The text by an international team of scholars illuminates the importance of the region in this period of fertile cross-cultural exchanges between Eastern and Western Asia. ER -