Foreword Editorial Notes Jade Wares IntroduCtlon to Jade Wares Plain Jade Bf Jade Knife Jade Knife Jade XuanJi Collared Jade Bi Jade Standing Bird Harvesting Knife(Hu)with Dragons Jade B Jade Statuette of a Standing Dignitary Ceremonial Jade Scoop Jade Dagger-Axe with Inscription A Set of Animal Jade Carvings A Set of Animal Jade Carvings A Set of Animal Jade Carvings A Set of Animal Jade Carvings A Set of Animal Jade Carvings Plaque with Composite Bird and Animal FOrms Jade'Huang'Disk Segment with Notched Ends Bi Disk With Dragon Motit Ritual Disc with Dragon Motifs Ring Pendants，Beads，and Gold Chain Pendanlin the FOrm of a Female Dancer Jade Configuration of Dragon，Bird，and Snake Jade Ornament Hinged Pair of Jade Plaques Jade Figure Set Three—Legged Jade Zhi(Cup) Jade Figure Jade Horse Head Jade Two—Humped Camel Jade Rockery with Inscription“Misty Rivers and Stacked Mountains”by Emperor Qianlong Buddhist Statues Introcluetiin to Buddhist Statues The Seated Buddha Shakyamuni in Meditation with Hands in Dhyana—Mudra and with FIaming Shoulders I he Seated Buddhist Statue The Standing Maitreya Buddha Statue The Buddha Maitreya The Standing Maitreya Buddha Statue Created by Zhang Lingbin and His Brother from Zhongshan，Dingzhou The Offering Procession of the Empress as Donor with Her Court The Squatting Stone Lion The Statue Created by Tan Ren and Dao Mi for Two Sitting Buddhas The Buddha Maitreya(Mile)Altarpiece The Buddhist Stele with Dual Images of the Bodhisattva Maitreya The Western Paradise of the Buddha Amitabha(Picture 1) The Gathering of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas(Picture 2) The Seated Buddhist Statue The Seated Amitabha Buddha Statue The Standing Avalokitesvara Statue The Standing Buddhist Statue Stone Component Vairocana Buddha Statue Guardian Lion buardian Lion The Bodhisattva AvalOkiteshvara The Statue for the Guardian King of the North The Statue for the Guardian King of the South The Buddha Vairocana The Fragment of Guanyin of Eleven Heads(Picture 1) The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara(Guanyin)with 11 heads(Picture 2) The Standing Figure(torso)of a Bodhisattva The Statue for Bodhisattva Sitting with One Foot Placed on the Opposite Thigh The Seated Buddhist Statue The Seated Contemplating Bodhisattva Statue The Standing Avalokitesvara Statue The Seated Buddhist Statue The Seated Buddha The Kneeling Attendant Bodhisattva The Head of a Bodhisattva The Buddha，Probably Amitabha(Amituofo) The Seated Avalokitesvara Statue The Seated Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara(Guanyin) The Bodhisattva The Statue for the Guardian King The Statue for the Guardian King The Statue of Tankasri AvaIOk．1esvara A Buddhisl Procession of Three Musicians and ORe Dancer The Seated Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Statue The Bodhisattva Head Statue The Figure of Dashizhi Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta The Standing Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Statue The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshara The Shakyamuni as an Ascetic The Statue for Snow Mountain Arhat(in Asceticism) The Bodhisattva AvalOkiteshvara in Water Moon Form (Shuiyue Guanyin) Postscript Appendix：A Brief Chronology of Chinese History