Silk Roads: Tang China IV en Belitung scheepswrak

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De volgende foto is een bovenaanzicht van een kom of schaal
waarop, als je goed kijkt een hoofd van een man te zien is
met krullend haar. Een typisch Johan Cruyff-situatie:
Je gaat het pas zien als je het doorhebt.

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Londen, British Museum, Silk Roads, Belitung shipwreck, Changsha bowl with curly haired man, a non-Chinese person, Changsha Kilns, Hunan Province, China, AD 830s.

Met zwart heb ik hieronder een beetje aangegeven waar,
ik denk dat het gezicht te zien is:

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Uncommon subjects
The sheer volume of Changsha bowls found in the shipwreck shows Tang China’s capacity for industrial-scale production. Fragments have been found across maritime networks from Japan to East Africa. This in cense burner (another type of Changsha ware found onboard) imitates ancient metalware in its four-legged design. It is topped with a man wrestling a lion, a subject found in Greek and Roman iconography, but rare in Chinese art.

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Incense burner toped with a man wrestling a lion, Changsha Kilns, Hunan Province, China, AD 830s.


‘Blue-and-white’ ceramics
Some of the rarest items discovered in the wreck are three early examples of Chinese ‘blue-and-white’ ceramics. This colour palette was not favoured in Tang China, so such wares were probably meant for export. The lozenge motif surrounded by foliage on the dish can be traced to pre-Islamic and Islamic Middle Eastern designs, while the cobalt blue pigment used to paint it was probably imported from present-day Iran.

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Dish with lozenge motif in blue and white, Gongxian Kilns, Henan Province, China, AD 830s.


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Deze tekst hing zo dat het maken van een foto niet het beste resultaat oplevert. Maar de tekst is leesbaar. Onder de tekst hing ook nog een kaart. Maar in de catalogus stond dezelfde kaart. Daar heb ik de volgende foto van gemaakt. Laat de informatie over zeeroutes rond het jaar 700 – 800 goed tot je doordringen, want dit is erg interessant.

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Silk Roads: Tang China III en Belitung scheepswrak

In 1998, a shipwreck and its cargo were found near Nelitung Island in the Java Sea. Seabed Explorations, a German company, conducted the salvage with permission from the Indonesian government. In 2005, Singapore acquired most of the cargo through the generous donation of the Estate of Khoo Teck Puat, in his late honour. The collection is now under Singapore’s National Heritage Board, with a selection on display in the Khoo Teck Puat Gallery of the Asian Civilisations Museum.

Het Belitung scheepswrak is belangrijk omdat het veel
vertelt (en nieuwe vragen stelt) over de maritieme zijderoutes:
waar kwamen de boten, wie en wat vervoerde het, wanneer, enz.
Het scheepswrak bevatte gouden en zilveren voorwerpen maar
ook meer dan 55.000 stuks Chinees aardewerk uit verschillende
ovens.

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Londen, British Museum, Silk Roads, Glass bottle, Middle East, AD 830s, inkstone with engraved insect, China, AD 830s, bronze mirror, Sumatra, Indonesia, early AD 800s. Persoonlijke voorwerpen.

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Gold bowl with a pair of geese, probably Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, AD 830s.

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Silver bowl with rhinoceros, probably Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, AD 830s.


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Golden cup with ringed handle, probably Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, AD 830s.

About 30 remarkable gold and silver items from the ship are the first discoveries of their kind to be found outside China. The shape of this cup, with its ringed handle, is derived from Sogdian (Central Asian) metalware. The figures that adorn each side are identifiable as Central Asian by their costumes and hairstyles. They include musicians and a dancer who raises his arms and one leg to perform the ‘Sogdian whirl’. Similar cups have been found in the Tang capital, suggesting this type of vessel was also made for a local elite market.

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Green splashed ewer, Gongxian Kilns, Henan Province, China, AD 830s.

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