5,000 years of Chinese jade : featuring selections from the National Museum of History, Taiwan and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution / John Johnston and Chan Lai Pik ; with an essay by Lin Shwu Shin.
Author/creator |
Johnston, John, 1968- |
Other author/creator | Chan, Lai-Pik. |
Other author/creator | Lin, Shuxin. |
Other author/creator | San Antonio Museum of Art. |
Format | Book and Print |
Publication Info | San Antonio : San Antonio Museum of Art ; [Seattle] : Distibuted by University of Washington Press, ©2011. |
Description | 130 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 28 cm |
Subject(s) |
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Variant title | Five thousand years of Chinese jade |
Portion of title | Selections from the National Museum of History, Taiwan and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution |
Contents | An overview of 5,000 years of Chinese jade / John Johnston -- Circular jades: the development of jade bi discs in the late Bronze Age / Chan Lai Pik -- Jade objects in the Jia and Yi tombs in Liulage, Huixuan, Henan Province / Lin Shwu Shin. |
General note | Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the San Antonio Museum of Art, Oct. 1, 2011-Feb. 19, 2012. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
LCCN | 2011038866 |
ISBN | 9780615471808 (alk. paper) |
ISBN | 0615471803 (alk. paper) |
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Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
Joyner | General Stacks | NK5750.2.C6 J64 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |