The Great Bronze Age of China: An Exhibition from the People's Republic of China

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. Cloth, xv, 386 pages, illustrations (some colour), folded map (inserted); 31 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition to be held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and at four other cities during the period, 1980-1981. Catalogue by Robert W. Bagley, Jenny F. So, Maxwell K. Hearn. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Corners lightly bumped. Age toning. Dust jacket, with moderate edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Artifacts, chiefly terracottas and bronzes, from the Qin-Han dynasties, 221 B.C.-220 A.D. CONTENTS: The splendor of ancient Chinese bronzes, by Ma Chengyuan; The study of Chinese Bronze Age arts: methods and approaches, by Wen Fong; The Chinese Bronze Age: a modern synthesis, by Kwang-chih Chang; Burial practices of Bronze Age China, by Robert L. Thorp; The beginnings of the Bronze Age: the Erlitou culture period, by Robert W. Bagley; The Zhengzhou phase (the Erligang period), by Robert W. Bagley; The appearance and growth of regional bronze-using cultures, by Robert W. Bagley; The high Yinxu phase (Anyang period), by Robert W. Bagley; The rise of the western Zhou dynasty, by Robert W. Bagley; Transformation of the bronze art in later western Zhou, by Robert W. Bagley; New departures in eastern Zhou bronze designs: the spring and autumn period, by Jenny F. So; The inlaid bronzes of the warring states period, by Jenny F. So; The waning of the Bronze Age: the western Han period (206 B.C.-A.D. 8), by Jenny F. So; The terracotta army of the first emperor of Qin (221-206 B.C.), by Maxwell K. Hearn.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.