Reflecting on the differing views concerning the origin of jade ... Rites of Zhou." Although the book was once tentatively attributed to a younger brother of the founder of the Zhou Dynasty ...

On its back there is a hole, and when the jade dragon is suspended with a string ... believed to have been compiled during the Zhou Dynasty (c. 11th century-256 BC), already conveyed such connection.

This “golden age” has illuminated the artistic and spiritual landscape of a critical period in the country’s history: the multistate Zhou dynasty ... a 4,200-year-old jade carving of ...

Relatively recent discoveries of artifacts from the Zhou dynasty, an ancient state that ... of its kind in the United States, and features jade and bronze ritual vessels, ceremonial lacquerware ...

The tomb complex, dating back to the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046-771 B.C.), is located ... including exquisite jade ware, porcelain, bronzeware and bronze chariots. "An archaeological study and ...