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“Archaeology, Artifacts, and Art” 2024-25 Lecture Series: Dr Raphael Wong (2025/2/25)

Sponsored by Simon Suen Foundation, the 'Archaeology, Artifacts and Art' 2024 Lecture Series will be held from November 2024 to August 2025. The Academy will curate a series of lectures on archaeology, history, artifacts and art in collaboration with experts and scholars locally and abroad, including esteemed researchers art collectors as well as connoisseurs. With the splendor of the pantheon, we endeavor to embark on a journey of discovery with international academics and students from different backgrounds. The Academy is honoured to invite Dr Raphael Wong to speak with the below details:

Steppe Style in Early Imperial China: Carpets, Vehicles, and Regalia

2025/2/25 | 16:30–17:30 | Conducted in English

Dr Raphael Wong
Associate Curator, Hong Kong Palace Museum

The steppe and early imperial China are often regarded as distinct entities between which people shared a hostile relationship. Drawing on new and extensive archaeological materials from central China, Inner Asia and West Asia, this lecture questions this viewpoint by showing a strong influence from the steppe on, for example, the palaces and wheeled vehicles of the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty (221–207 BC) and the regalia of the Western Han (206 BC–9 AD) kings. The lecture asks us to reflect on our understanding of early Chinese material cultures, and how the Chinese elite identified themselves in the regional context.

Participation
Registration: https://forms.office.com/r/fS1BDZuc67
In-person Venue: Hong Kong Baptist University Jao Tsung-I Academy of Sinology (SWT 702, Level 7, Shaw Tower, Shaw Campus)
Online: ZOOM: https://hkbu.zoom.us/j/98147765164?pwd=astx7IPvJSyuyNjD0yhTzteVdJOQ6b.1
Meeting ID: 981 4776 5164
Passwords: 572309

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