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[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118885215.ch11 by Wu Hung 9/10/15 WILEY Online Library] | [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118885215.ch11 by Wu Hung 9/10/15 WILEY Online Library] | ||
In order to understand Chinese art during the extremely long period from prehistoric to early historical times, one must understand the vocabulary, function, meaning, and esthetics of “special artifacts”. This chapter begins with reconstructing a textual discourse on liqi , “ritual/ceremonial artifacts” that developed from the mid- to late Eastern Zhou (sixth-third century BCE), when the demand for such artifacts was itself waning. Then, the chapter shifts focus from the textual discourse to the basic characteristics and development of liqi based on archaeological materials and art historical methodology. | In order to understand Chinese art during the extremely long period from prehistoric to early historical times, one must understand the vocabulary, function, meaning, and esthetics of “special artifacts”. This chapter begins with reconstructing a textual discourse on liqi , “ritual/ceremonial artifacts” that developed from the mid- to late Eastern Zhou (sixth-third century BCE), when the demand for such artifacts was itself waning. Then, the chapter shifts focus from the textual discourse to the basic characteristics and development of liqi based on archaeological materials and art historical methodology. | ||
=====Imperial paintings show earliest brown rat domestication===== | |||
[https://www.nature.com/articles/s40494-025-01672-4 by Min-Sheng Peng 12/4/25 npj] | |||
The early domestication of brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) is still unclear. The imperial paintings, The Silk Scroll of Three Rats, depicted domesticated brown rats with coat color variation in China during 1425–1435 AD. It was more than two centuries older than the known record in Japan, presenting the earliest evidence of brown rat domestication. | |||
