Chinese Art History Resources: Song Dynasty

Liao Dynasty916 - 1125
Jin Dynasty1115 - 1234
Northern Song960 - 1126
Southern Song1127 - 1279

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Song Dynasty - Web Resources
Chinese Art Acquisitions at Metropolitan Challenged. Carter B. Horsley
Monuments of China: Song Dynasty. Mike Gunther
The Northern and Southern Song Dynasties. Minnesota State University
Song Dynasty. Leon Poon
The Song Dynasty. Gregory James Smits, Pennsylvania State University
Song Dynasty. Ulrich Theobald
Song Dynasty. Wikipedia
The Song Dynasty in China. East Asian Curriculum Project, Columbia University
Song Dynasty and Neo-Confucianism. Sanderson Beck
The Song, Liao, and Jin. TravelChinaGuide.com
Song Military Technology. Patricia Buckley Ebrey
Song Painting. Patricia Buckley Ebrey
The Sung. Richard Hooker, Washington State University

Song Dynasty - Museum Collections
Asia Society Museum of New York
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
British Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Detroit Institute of Arts
Freer and Sackler Galleries
Kimbell Art Museum
Kyoto National Museum
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Museums in China: Song
National Palace Museum, Taipei

  • The Legend of Ju Ware
  • Painting and Calligraphy of the Northern Sung
    The Palace Museum, Beijing
    Tokyo National Museum:
  • Song Dynasty Painting
  • Song Dynasty Calligraphy
  • Song Dynasty Decorative Art
    Tokyo National Museum

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    1. Song Dynasty - Sculptures and Decorative Ware
    Gilded Comb Gilded Dish Gilded Dishes Jade Phoenix Lacquer Bowl
    Lacquer Alms Bowl Lacquer Tray Lacquer Tray Mermaid Ewer Lohan
    Lohan Kansas City Guanyin Guanyin Guanyin Guanyin
    Guanyin Guanyin Guan Zhong Manjusri

    2. Song Dynasty - Ceramics
    Black-Glazed
    Vase     		Celadon Ware
    Wine Ewer     		Cizhou Ware
    Bottle     		Cizhou Ware
    Bottle     		Cizhou Ware
    Bottle     		Cizhou Ware
    Pillow
    Cizhou Ware
    Pillow     		Cizhou Ware Pillow Cizhou Ware
    Vase     		Cizhou Ware
    Vase     		Cizhou Ware
    Bowl     		Cizhou Ware
    Bowl
    Ding Ware
    Cup     		Ding Ware
    Bowl     		Ding Ware
    Bowl     		Ge Ware
    Censer     		Guan Ware
    Basin     		Guan Ware
    Vase
    Jian Ware
    Hare's-fur Glaze     		Jingdezhen Ware Decorated Dish Jizhou Ware
    Vase     		Jizhou Ware Measuring Jar Jizhou Ware
    Tea Caddy     		Jizhou Ware
    Jar
    Jizhou Ware
    Tea Bowl     		Jizhou Ware
    Tea Bowl     		Jun Ware
    Bowl     		Jun Ware
    Lidded Jar     		Jun Ware Brushwasher Liao Dynasty
    Brushwasher
    Longquan Ware
    Leaf-Shaped Cup     		Longquan Ware
    Vase     		Longquan Ware
    Flower Vase     		Qingbai Ware
    Covered Box     		Qingbai Ware
    Wine Ewer     		Yaozhou Ware
    Bowl
    Yaozhou Ware
    Cusped Bowl     		Yaozhou Ware
    Decorated Bowl     		Yaozhou Ware
    Wine Ewer     		Yueh Ware
    Wine Ewer

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    [last updated: May 15, 2010]

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