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 Chan, Lai-Pik.
Other author Lin, Shuxin.
Other author San Antonio Museum of Art.
Format Book
Publication InfoSan Antonio : San Antonio Museum of Art ; [Seattle] : Distibuted by University of Washington Press, ©2011.
Description130 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 28 cm
Subjects

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 notePublished in conjunction with an exhibition held at the San Antonio Museum of Art, Oct. 1, 2011-Feb. 19, 2012.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2011038866
ISBN9780615471808 (alk. paper)
ISBN0615471803 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks NK5750.2.C6 J64 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold