5 000 Years of Chinese Jade: Featuring Selections from the National Museum of History Taiwan and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Smithsonian Institution

About this book

5 000 Years of Chinese Jade is a concise visual survey of art-historically important jade spanning the Neolithic period to the 19th century offering a stunning visual journey through themes and time periods important in the history of jade in China. The book is arranged chronologically in five main periods: Neolithic Shang to Zhou dynasty Han to Song dynasty Yuan and Ming dynasties and the Qing dynasty. Primary subjects and themes include ritual objects weapons scholars objects adornments and jewelry and vessels providing an important new resource for the study of Chinese jade.