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].
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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