Original, copy, fake? : examining the authenticity of ancient works of art : focusing on African and Asian bronzes and terracottas : International Symposium Stiftung Situation Kunst/Ruhr-University Bochum, February 17th and 18th, 2007 / [publication edited by Ernst Pernicka and Silke von Berswordt-Wallrabe].

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Mainz : Philipp von Zabern, 2008.
Description
196 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.

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Subject(s)
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
  • Foreword / Ernst Pernicka, Silke von Berswordt-Wallrabe, Hilke Wagner
  • The veracity of "scientific" testing by conservators / Oscar White Muscarella
  • Setting the standard for due diligence : scientific techniques in the authentification process / Mark Rasmussen
  • Authenticity studies of Asian metal artifacts / Pieter Meyers
  • The range of authenticity in ancient Chinese bronzes and criteria for detection of forgeries / Tom Chase
  • Alloy choice in Chinese and Islamic forgeries / Peter Northover
  • Patina: case studies in bronze corrosion / Gerhard Eggert
  • Scientific investigations of West African metal castings from a collection in Bochum/ Ernst Pernicka ... [et al.]
  • The composition of brass objects from Benin / Josef Riederer
  • Late 20th century bronzes and ivories in Benin City, Nigeria / Barbara W. Blackmun
  • Questions in dating Benin commemorative heads : exemplified by heads from the Berlin Benin collection / Peter Junge
  • The contemporary production of "antique" Benin bronzes in Benin City and Cameroon / Barbara Plankensteiner
  • The chronology of Benin art in colonialand postcolonial times / Stefan Eisenhofer.
ISBN
  • 9783805339094 (hd. bd.)
  • 3805339097 (hd. bd.)
OCLC
243450950
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