
Sujet
Oracle bone
Légende
Oracle bone, The engraved characters are the earliest known examples of Chinese script. The bones originally used for divination also provide information about rulers, battles, folk religion and religious rites. China. Chinese. Shang dynasty c 1766 1122 BC. An yang, Honan.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ British Library, London
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A27_277
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
33,5Mo (2,3Mo) / 29,7cm x 28,2cm / 3512 x 3336 (300dpi)