FROM HEAVEN AND EARTH:
Chinese Jade in Context

• Text Index
• Exhibition (Image) Index
  

• Acknowledgments
• Preface

• Introductions:
  • Exhibition
  • General Scientific Background Information
    • Nephrite and Jadeite
    • Sources for Jade
    • Suggested Further Reading
  • Tools for Working with Jade
  • Values and Symbolism

• Early Societies and the Arts: The Foundations of a Civilization
  • Neolithic Beginnings
  • Well-Being and Immortality
  • Jade for Ritual and Burial
  • Neolithic Ceramics
  • Faith, Ritual, and Authority
  • Bronze and Bronze Casting
  • Piece-mold Casting and Ceramics
  • Suggested Further Reading

• The First Empires
  • Social Structure and Developing Cultural Identity
  • The Creation and Preservation of an Empire
  • Court Life and the Quest for Eternity
  • Jades for the Living and the Deceased
  • Ceramics
  • Bronzes
  • Suggested Further Readings

• Third through the Tenth Centuries
  • Fragmentation and Reunification in the Sui and Tang Dynasties
  • Cosmopolitanism, Technical Proficiency, and Exuberance
  • Decline and Continuity in the Use of Jade
  • Ceramics for Burial and for Use
  • Bronze Imagery and Aesthetics
  • Suggested Further Readings

JADE

• Ritual
  • Ceremonial
    Blades, Axe or Hoe, Prismatic tube, Disc (bi )
    
  • Burial
    Plaques, Orifice Stopper, Cicada amulet, Stylized pig, Pectoral ornament (huang )
    
  • Ceremonial/Authoritative
    Archer's ring, Sword guard, Chape (Scabbard tip), Dagger fitting, Scabbard, Halberd blades (ko ), Ritual Axe, Plaque, Scepter (ju-i )
    
    
• Animal Pendants/Plaques and Fantastic Creatures
  • Pendants/Plaques
    Taotie mask, Silk worm pendants, Birds, Fish, Tortoise, Felines, Leonine unicorn (Chimera or bixie ), Dragons, Squatting monsters, Plaque with intertwined dragons
    
  • Animals/Fantastic Creatures
    Two puppies, Reclining hound, Pony, Mythological tortoise, Leonine unicorn (Chimera or bixie )
    
    
• Decorative Objects/Vessels
  • Desk Objects/Paperweights
    Boy on water buffalo, Mountain, Woman in a boat, Disc (bi ), Frog under lotus pad, Chinese cabbage with grasshopper, Buddhist lion-dog
    
  • Vessels
    Stem cup, Libation cup, Vase, Bowl
    
    
• Personal/Functional
  • Personal/Functional
    Applique, Belt slides, Belt buckles, Pomanders, Thumb/Archer's ring, Garment hook, Plaque, Pendants, Beads, Seal, Recumbent stag
    
  • Snuff bottles
    Snuff master, Gourd-shaped snuff bottle, Flask
    

CLAY

• Burial
  Horse, Camel, Horse and Soldiers, Musician
  
• Vessels
  Ceramic
  Earthenware
  
• Figurines
  Lokapala, Guardian king, Brick dwarfs, Bird, Pig
  
• Moldings and Sealing
  

BRONZE

• Ritual Vessels
  Ding, Hu Vessel, Pan
  
• Burial
  Mirrors, Garment hook (Tai-kou )
  
• Weapons
  Axe
  

PAINTING

• Pausing on a Mountain Path
• Zhang Gu, Travelers in Snow Covered Mountains
• Zhang Zongcang, Landscape
  

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