China : a history in objects / Jessica Harrison-Hall.

"The British Museum."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-345) and index.
Text copyright 2017. "First published in 2018 in harcover in the United States of America"--colophon.

Introduction -- Early China : 5000-221 BC -- Empires : 221 BC-AD 960 -- Emperors, scholars and merchants : 960-1279 -- Mongols and Ming : 1271-1644 -- Qing: the last dynasty : 1644-1911 -- Modern China : 1911-present.

This illustrated introduction to the history of China offers a fresh understanding of China's progress from the Neolithic age to the present. Told in six chapters arranged chronologically, through art, artifacts, people, and places, and richly illustrated with expertly selected objects and artworks, it firmly connects today's China with its internationally engaged past. From the earliest archaeological relics and rituals, through the development of writing and state, to the advent of empire, the author charts China's transformation from ancient civilization into the world's most populous nation and influential economy, offering historical insights and cultural treasures along the way. This accessible book presents an eclectic mix of materials including Chinese theater, the decorative arts, costume, jewelry, and furniture-making, running through to the most recent diffusion of Chinese culture.

Local access dig.pdf. [Harrison-Hall-China : a history in objects.pdf]

Princes of jade / [by] Edmund Capon & William MacQuitty.
Bibliography: p. 188.

Contents: Prince of Han; China before the Han; from Confucius to Laozi; Court of the Son of Heaven; everyday life in Han China; Han imperialism: China and the West; art and culture: the age of Realism; legacy of Han; chronological lists.
Note: Color plates detail Han eternal fidelity lamp from Princess Dou Wan tomb; bronze artifacts, animals, wrestlers, jade burial suit of Prince Liu Sheng, Zhou dynasty pendants, tomb rubbing from Chengdu, Sichuan; relief molded bricks, silk spinning loom, weapons, spears, chariots; items from Fenshuiling, Shanxi, Shandong, Ordos, Wangdu, Hebei; Xiongnu art; flying horse from Leidai, Wuwei, Gansu, Eastern Han; Mawangdui.