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

by John Johnston, Beth Van Hoesen, Chan Lai Pik

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0615471803
• ISBN13: 9780615471808
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.1" x 11.1"