The Beauty of Jade: Warring States Period and Han Dynasty Jades

jSWChinese jade scholar Dr. Elizabeth Childs-Johnson will give a talk in conjunction with “The Beauty of Jade during the Warring States and Han Periods” show, which includes more than 73 pieces. Dr. Childs-Johnson has curated many shows of ancient Chinese art at Throckmorton Fine Art (www.throckmorton-nyc.com) for more than a decade, and has collaborated with Gu Fang on numerous catalogues including “Chinese Jade Types of the Shang and Western Zhou Periods.”  An art historian and archaeologist by training, Elizabeth Childs-Johnson is a Sinologist specializing in Chinese art and archaeology of the Neolithic through Eastern Zhou eras, and in the script of Shang period China. She studied oracle bone script with the late Professor Chin Hsiang-heng of Taiwan National University, which aided in her identification of the meaning of Shang ritual bronze imagery. Her publications cover Jade Age China, Shang belief systems, script and art; cultural heritage policy and law in modern China; and Three Georges archaeology. She is a recipient of various fellowships, most recently an American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship and a National Gallery of Art, J. Paul Getty Trust Paired Research Fellowship.











When: Sat., Mar. 14, 2015 at 3:00 pm

jSWChinese jade scholar Dr. Elizabeth Childs-Johnson will give a talk in conjunction with “The Beauty of Jade during the Warring States and Han Periods” show, which includes more than 73 pieces. Dr. Childs-Johnson has curated many shows of ancient Chinese art at Throckmorton Fine Art (www.throckmorton-nyc.com) for more than a decade, and has collaborated with Gu Fang on numerous catalogues including “Chinese Jade Types of the Shang and Western Zhou Periods.”  An art historian and archaeologist by training, Elizabeth Childs-Johnson is a Sinologist specializing in Chinese art and archaeology of the Neolithic through Eastern Zhou eras, and in the script of Shang period China. She studied oracle bone script with the late Professor Chin Hsiang-heng of Taiwan National University, which aided in her identification of the meaning of Shang ritual bronze imagery. Her publications cover Jade Age China, Shang belief systems, script and art; cultural heritage policy and law in modern China; and Three Georges archaeology. She is a recipient of various fellowships, most recently an American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship and a National Gallery of Art, J. Paul Getty Trust Paired Research Fellowship.

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