Black Tigers: A Grammar of Chinese Rubbings

by Kenneth W. Starr and Kenneth Starr

Book Overview

Since at least the early sixth century C.E., ink rubbings of stone, metal, clay tiles, and wood inscriptions and pictorial images have been used in China to make precise copies of culturally valued material. These paper copies sometimes are all that remain of original works that have become illegible through erosion, or that have been destroyed by war or development, or have been rendered inaccessible through events such as flooding resulting from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295988118
• ISBN13: 9780295988115
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.9"