Figure 14. National Assembly building after Liberation War, showing damage from crashed plane. Photograph: Louis I. Kahn Collection, University of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1972. More

Figure 5. Schematic map showing battles in the Genpei War. Artwork by author. More

Figure 14. Hu wine container with cover, Warring States period, 480–221 bce . Excavated in 1972 from Songshan tomb, Zhaoqing city, Guangdong province. Bronze with red lacquer and silver inlay, h. 22 cm, diam. of rim 14.9 cm. Guangdong Provincial Museum. Reproduced by permission of Cultural More

Figure 15. Zun wine container with cover, mid-Warring States period, ca. 330–320 bce . Excavated in 1956 from Wangshan tomb 2, Jiangling, Hubei province. Bronze with silver powder and lacquer inlay, h. 17.1 cm, diam. of rim 24.7 cm. Hubei Provincial Museum. Reproduced by permission More

Figure 16. Fou wine container with cover, mid-Warring States period, ca. 330–320 bce . Excavated in 1956 from Wangshan tomb 2, Jiangling, Hubei province. Bronze with lacquer inlay, h. 37.4 cm, diam. of rim 15 cm, diam. of base 16 cm. Redrawn by Katia Barrios, after Hubei sheng wenwu kaogu More

Figure 18. Flask ( bianhu ) with phoenix and cloud designs, Warring States period, 480–221 bce . Excavated in 2002 from Changtaiguan tomb 7, Xinyang, Henan province. Bronze with silver inlay and polychrome paints, h. 27.6 cm. Reproduced by permission of Cultural Relics Press. More

Figure 21. Ornaments in the shape of human faces, Warring States period, third century bce . Excavated in 2007–2008 from tomb 6 of the Majiayuan cemetery in Zhangjiachuan Hui Autonomous county, Gansu province. Gold with black/brown paint, h. 1.6 cm. Reproduced by permission of Cultural Relics More

Figure 22. Zun wine container, Warring States period, ca. 316 bce . Excavated in 1986–1987 from Baoshan tomb 2, Jingmen, Hubei province. Bronze with silver and gold inlay; interior coated with red lacquer, h. 17.5 cm, diam. of rim 24.8 cm, wt. 4.15 kg. Redrawn by Katia Barrios, after Hubei More

Figure 23. Ding vessel with cover, Warring States period, 480–221 bce . Excavated in 1992 from Mayishun Lane tomb 1, Changsha, Hunan province. Bronze with lacquer exterior, h. 34.6 cm, diam. of rim 22 cm. Redrawn by Katia Barrios, after Changsha shi wenwu kaogu yanjiu suo, “Changsha zhi More

Figure 24. Mirror, Warring States period, 480–221 bce . Excavated in 1956 from Changtaiguan tomb 1, Xinyang, Henan province. Bronze with red, black, and silver lacquer, diam. 14 cm, th. .12 cm. Redrawn by Katia Barrios, after Fu Juyou, “Chunqiu Zhanguo Handai de tezhong gongyi jing (xia),” 16 More

Figure 25. Mirror, Warring States period, 480–221 bce . Excavated 1986–1987 from Baoshan tomb 1, Jingmen, Hubei province. Bronze with red, yellow, and gold lacquer, diam. 19.7 cm, th. .2 cm. Reproduced by permission of Cultural Relics Press. More

Figure 26. Square two-layer lattice mirror, Warring States period, 480–221 bce . Excavated in 1993 from Guodian tomb 1, Jingmen, Hubei province. Bronze with red and black lacquer, l. of each side 11 cm, th. .3 cm. Reproduced by permission of Cultural Relics Press. More

Figure 27. Lamp bearer, Warring States period, fourth century bce . Excavated in 1976 from tomb 6 of the royal Zhongshan tombs, Pingshan county, Hebei province. Bronze with red and black lacquer, silver, and black gemstones, h. 66.4 cm, w. 55.2 cm. Hebei Provincial Cultural Relics Research More

Figure 7. Silk painting depicting a man riding a dragon, Warring States period (475–221 bce ). Color on silk, 37 × 28 cm. Hunan Provincial Museum. More

59. Decorated Eared Cup , China, Eastern Zhou, Warring States period (ca. 470–221 bce ), third century bce . Gray ceramic with glass-paste glazes and red pigment, l. 13.6 cm. Princeton University Art Museum, 2015–6732. Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund, Mary Trumbull More