La tombe à linceul de jade du roi de Nanyue à Canton - article ; n°1 ; vol.41, pg 96-103

Maud Girard-Geslan

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Arts asiatiques - Année 1986 - Volume 41 - Numéro 1 - Pages 96-103
In 1983, the tomb of the second king of Nanyue was brought to light on a small granitic hillock, mount Xianggang, in Canton. Well preserved and unviolated, the sepulture was deeply dug into the top of the hill and its chambers were entirely built of sandstone blocks. It provides important clues on the evolution of kingly burial practices as well as on the organization of feudal royalty during the Western Han dynasty.
Chinese ruler of an independent kingdom, populated mostly by Yue Barbarians (related to the Dôngsonian people of protohistoric Vietnam), Zhao Mei (who died between 128 and 117 BC), identified by his seals, was dressed in a jade suit and rested in a set of lacquered woodcaskets. Accompanied by fourteen human victims, he was surrounded with numerous exquisitely crafted goods.
The burial objects (among which a few situlae (bronze buckets) were the only Yue objects) give information on the process of diffusion of the Han culture, that little by little replaced the Yue one, as well as on the technical and economic level of a kingdom, where metallurgy was locally practiced and where sea trade was flourishing.
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Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.

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• Sciences et techniques

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• Publié par: Arts-asiatiques
• Publié le: 01 janvier 1986
• Nombre de lectures: 91
• Langue: Français
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Maud Girard-Geslan

La tombe à linceul de jade du roi de Nanyue à Canton

In: Arts asiatiques. Tome 41, 1986. pp. 96-103.

Abstract

In 1983, the tomb of the second king of Nanyue was brought to light on a small granitic hillock, mount Xianggang, in Canton. Well

preserved and unviolated, the sepulture was deeply dug into the top of the hill and its chambers were entirely built of sandstone

blocks. It provides important clues on the evolution of kingly burial practices as well as on the organization of feudal royalty during

the Western Han dynasty.

Chinese ruler of an independent kingdom, populated mostly by Yue Barbarians (related to the Dôngsonian people of protohistoric

Vietnam), Zhao Mei (who died between 128 and 117 BC), identified by his seals, was dressed in a jade suit and rested in a set of

lacquered woodcaskets. Accompanied by fourteen human victims, he was surrounded with numerous exquisitely crafted goods.

The burial objects (among which a few situlae (bronze buckets) were the only Yue objects) give information on the process of

diffusion of the Han culture, that little by little replaced the Yue one, as well as on the technical and economic level of a kingdom,

where metallurgy was locally practiced and where sea trade was flourishing.

Citer ce document / Cite this document :

Girard-Geslan Maud. La tombe à linceul de jade du roi de Nanyue à Canton. In: Arts asiatiques. Tome 41, 1986. pp. 96-103.

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