Page 68 - Deydier Early Chinese Bronzes

ore scholar and researcher than dealer, Christian Deydier studied
Chinese archaeology and specialized in jiaguwen, the earliest
Mknown form of Chinese writing that was etched into oracle bones
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and tortoise shells in the Shang dynasty from the 13 to 12 centuries B.C.
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In scholarly circles, and most particularly among Chinese archaeologists,
Christian Deydier especially owes his renown to the work which he has
carried out on Chinese bronzes and goldware and his many scholarly
publications, including Les Bronzes Archaïques Chinois / Archaic Chinese
Bronzes - I - Xia Shang (Paris 1995), Ancient Chinese Gold (Paris 2010),
Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang Collection (Hong Kong 2013). Since
1985, Christian Deydier has annually organized exhibitions on themes such
as archaic bronzes of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, Chinese gold and
silverware, etc.

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