Table of Contents
Preface v
List of Contributors xv
1 Origin and Evolution of Ancient Chinese Glass Gan Fuxi 1
2 The Silk Road and Ancient Chinese Glass Gan Fuxi 41
3 Opening Remarks and Setting the Stage: Lecture at the 2005 Shanghai International Workshop on the Archaeology of Glass Along the Silk Road Robert H. Brill 109
4 The Second Kazuo Yamasaki TC-17 Lecture on Asian Glass: Recent Lead-Isotope Analyses of Some Asian Glasses with Remarks on Strontium-Isotope Analyses Robert H. Brill Hiroshi Shirahata 149
5 Glass and Bead Trade on the Asian Sea 165 Insook Lee
6 Characteristics of Early Glasses in Ancient Korea with Respect to Asia's Maritime Bead Trade Insook Lee 183
7 Ancient Lead-Silicate Glasses and Glazes of Central Asia Abdugani A. Abdurazakou 191
8 Central Asian Glassmaking During the Ancient and Medieval Periods Abdugani A. Abdurazakov 201
9 Scientific Study of the Glass Objects Found in Japan from the Third Century BC to the Third Century AD Takayasu Koezuka Kazuo Yamasaki 221
10 Chemical Analysis of the Glass Vessel in Toshodaiji Temple Designated a National Treasure Through a Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer - Where Did the Glass Vessel Come From? Akiko Hokura Takashi Sawada Izumi Nakai Yoko Shindo Takashi Taniichi 231
11 On the Glass Origins in Ancient China from the Relationship Between Glassmaking and Metallurgy Qian Wei 243
12 The Inspiration of the Silk Road for Chinese Glass Art Lu Chi 265
13 Faience Beads of the Western Zhou Dynasty Excavated in Gansu Province, China: A Technical Study Zhang Zhiguo Ma Qinglin 275
14 Scientific Research on Glass Fragments of the 6th Century AD in Guyuan County, Ningxia, China Song Yan Ma Qinglin291
15 Glass Artifacts Unearthed from the Tombs at the Zhagunluke and Sampula Cemeteries in Xinjiang Wang Bo Lu Lipeng 299
16 Chemical Composition Analyses of Early Glasses of Different Historical Periods Found in Xinjiang, China Li Qinghui Gan Fuxi Zhang Ping Cheng Huansheng Xu Yongchun 331
17 Glass Materials Excavated from the Kiln Site of Tricolor Glazed Pottery at Liquanfang in Chang An City of the Tang Dynasty Jiang Jie 359
18 Ancient Glass in the Grassland of Inner Mongolia Huang Xueyin 367
19 Glasses of the Northern Wei Dynasty Found at Datong An Jiayao 379
20 Glass Vessels of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties Found in Guangzhou An Jiayao 387
21 PIXE Study on the Ancient Glasses of the Han Dynasty Unearthed in Hepu County, Guangxi Li Qinghui Wang Weizhao Xiong Zhaoming Gan Fuxi Cheng Huansheng 397
22 Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Some Ancient Glasses Unearthed in Southern and Southwestern China Fu Xiufeng Gan Fuxi 413
23 Study of the Ancient Glasses Found in Chongqing Ma Bo Feng Xiaoni Gao Menghe Gan Fuxi Shen Shifang 439
24 Study of the Earliest Eye beads in China Unearthed from the Xu Jialing Tomb in Xichuan of Henan Province Gan Fuxi Cheng Huansheng Hu Yongqing Ma Bo Gu Donghong 457
Biographies 471
Index 473
