The Golden Peaches of Samarkand: A Study of T’ang Exotics by Edward H. Schafer

The Golden Peaches of Samarkand: A Study of T’ang Exotics

Edward H. Schafer

765 pages first pub 1963 (view editions)

nonfiction art history
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In the seventh century the kingdom of Samarkand sent formal gifts of fancy yellow peaches, large as goose eggs and with a color like gold, to the Chinese court at Ch'ang-an. What kind of fruit these golden peaches really were cannot now be guessed...

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