Chinese Art History Resources:
Shang Dynasty (1750-1040 BC)

(See also: China resource page)

Shang Dynasty - Web Resources
Ancient China: The Shang Dynasty. Richard Hooker, Washington State University
Ancient Dynasties. Leon Poon
Chinese Art: Bronze Vessels. Ulrich Theobald
Chinese Bronzes. Marymount School
Chinese History - Shang Dynasty. Ulrich Theobald
The Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology: Bronze Age China. National Gallery of Art
History of China: Shang Dynasty. TravelChinaGuide.com
Monuments of China: Bronze Age. Mike Gunther
Oracle bone. Wikipedia
The Shang Dynasty. Gregory James Smits, Pennsylvania State University
Shang Dynasty. Minnesota State University
The Shang Dynasty (excerpt). Selena Lai and Waka Takahashi Brown
Shang Dynasty. Wikipedia
Shang Tomb of Fu Hao. Patricia Buckley Ebrey et al., University of Washington
Shang, Zhou, and the Classics. Sanderson Beck
Treasures from a Lost Civilization: Ancient Chinese Art from Sichuan. Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shang Dynasty - Museum Collections
Art Institute of Chicago
Asia Society Museum of New York
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
British Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Freer and Sackler Galleries
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Museums in China: Bronze Age
National Palace Museum, Taipei
St. Louis Art Museum
Tokyo National Museum

Shang Dynasty - Image Links (click inside)

1. Bronze Vessels

Ding 15-14c	Zun after 1500	Zun 13-12c	Zun 13c	Hu 13c	Jue 13c
Guang 13c	Pou 13-11c	Li (n.d.)	Gu 1100-1040	Bo Zhong 12-11c

2. Other Shang Period Artifacts

Axe 1766-1122	Dagger 1523-1028	Cowrie 16c-8c	Bi 1500-1050	Statue 1300-1100	Head 1300-1100
Ivory Goblet 1200	Oracle Bone 12c

[last updated: May 14, 2010]

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