Treasures from the bronze age of China : an exhibition from the People's Republic of China / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Published in conjunction with the exhibition 'The Great Bronze Age of China' held in New York, Chicago, Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Boston (1980-81).

The beginnings of the Bronze Age: the Erlitou culture period (first half of the second millennium B.C.) -- Vigorous development: the Zhenzhou phase (the Erligang period) (mid-second millennium B.C.) -- The spread of Shang culture: the appearance and growth of regional bronze-using cultures (15th-11-th centuries B.C.) -- A classical period in the bronze art: the High Yinxu phase (Anyang period) (about 1300-about 1030 B.C.) -- Unrestrained invention: the rise of the western Zhou dynasty (late 11th-early 10th century B.C.) -- Patterns and interlace: transformation of the bronze at in later western Zhou (late 10th century-771 B.C.) -- Variety and freshness: new departures in eastern Zhou bronze designs the spring autumn period (770-476 B.C.) -- Splendor and sophistication: the inlaid bronzes of the warring states period (475-220 B.C.) -- The waning of the bronze age: the western Han period (206 B.C.-A.D. 8) -- The terracotta army of the first emperor of Qin (221-206 B.C.).