Preface; Introduction (Jessica Rawson); 1 Jades and bronzes for ritual (Jessica Rawson); 2 Calligraphy and painting for official life (Anne Farrer); 3 Sculpture for tombs and temples (Jessica Rawson); 4 Decorative arts for display (Jane Portal); 5 Ceramics for use (Shelagh Vainker); 6 Luxuries for trade (Jessica Rawson and Jane Portal); Chronologies; Archaeological sites; Buddhist sites and reliquary deposits; Traditional architecture; Tombs; Painters; Glossaries; Select bibliographies; List of illustrations; Index.
Combining the experience and expertise of past and present curatorial staff responsible for the Chinese collections in the British Museum's Department of Asia, the authors are the former Keeper Jessica Rawson (editor), now Warden of Merton College and co-author of the China: Three Emperors exhibition catalogue, and Anne Farrer, Jane Portal, Shelagh Vainker, Carol Michaelson and Mary Ginsberg.
"'The most lucid and authoritative introduction to Chinese culture available in English' National Art Book prize winner 'Sumptuous but affordable' New Statesman and Society"
"'The most lucid and authoritative introduction to Chinese culture available in English' National Art Book prize winner 'Sumptuous but affordable' New Statesman and Society"
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