Preface Gold Crown with Eagle Finial-Friend and Foe Warring States Gold-inlaid Bronze Ewer-Art of War The Chime-bells of Marquis Yi of Zeng-Tunes of Antiquity Wood Carved Double Headed Tomb Guardian-Beween this World and the Next Silk Paincing Depicting A Man Riding A Dagon-At Heaven's Call The Teracota Wariors-An Image of Empire Rectangular Measuring Vessel of Shang Yang-Measuring Unity in Bronze ChariosndHrses-The Road to Eternity Liye in Slips-A Slip in Time Jade in Nanyue-A Symbol of Peacefulnes The General's Tomb-A Will of Granite \"Five Stars Rise in the East\"Brocade Arm Guard-\"Five Stars Rising in the East Favor the Middle Kingdom\" Jade Doorknocker with Four Symbols of the Sky-The Dragon,Tiger,Bird,and Tortoise The Xiping Stone Classics-Broken Yet Awaiting Reunion Stone Carving of Confucius Meting Laozi-Tracing Back the Roots Changxin Palace Lamp-A Light from the Han Dynasty Plain Unlined Gauze Gown-Luxury and Grace The Twenty-Eight Mansions Cosmic Plates and Sundial-Cycles of Time Lacquer Dish with the Leopard Cat Pattern-The Kittens on the Lacquer Dish Counting Rods-A System of Numbers Gold-inlaid Bronze Hill Censer-The Calculation of Clouds \"Forever Forget Me Not\"Silver Belt Hook-A SecreOthWrn Close to the Heart Gold and Silver Inlay Cloud-patterned Rhinoceros Vessel-The Spirited Beast Tomb Figurine of A Storyteller-The Show Must Go On Forever Galloping Bronze Horse-The Celestial Steed A Dialogue acros Time and Space