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Tang China: A Cosmopolitan Dynasty Arnaud Bertrand and Huei-chung Tsao

COVER: Fabric fragment with pair of rams motif China; Tubo kingdom (7th–9th century) Silk samite; 106 x 72 cm Qinghai Tibetan Medicine Culture Museum, Xining Photo © Qinghai Tibetan Medicine Culture Museum (see p. 21)

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A Dated Maitreya Buddha From Tang Dynasty China at the Art Institute of Chicago Nicolas Revire

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A Tang-Style Cup from a Viking Tomb Christiaan J. A. Jörg

Publisher and Editor Yifawn Lee Copyeditors Kelly Flynn, Jessica Routhier Editorial Assistant Haoyang Zhao Designer Fred Young Subscriptions and Circulation Juliette Baxter

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Restoration and Reinvention in a Song Scroll Catherine Zhu

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Between East and West: The Cup of Saint Sigismund and the Workshop of Guillaume Boucher Guilhem André