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

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Ballantine Books, 1980. 192 pages, illustrations (some colour), map; 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. First paperback edition. Richly illustrated with colour plates. CONTENTS: 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-11th 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.).. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.