Suizhou Wenfengta cemetery. See under cemetery

Suizhou. See under Hubei

surmoulage. See under mirror

swing handle, 144, 146, 357–358, 360–362, 370–371

table base, 24, 39, 175, 214–215

Taihang Mountains, 151–152, 162

tail, 50, 56–57, 73, 94, 106, 118, 280, 392

serpent, 89, 100–101, 104

tallow, 7, 17, 30, 178

Tan Derui, 81, 96, 109, 170, 175, 178–179, 186, 351, 358–360, 365, 368, 424

Tang Wenxing, 104, 118, 424

Tang, Lan, 25

Taosi, 19, 424

tenon, 17, 21, 28–29, 54, 56, 58, 104–105, 118, 186, 407, 409

Ternbach, Joseph, 178, 188–189

Thailand, 148–149, 161

three-dimensional figurines, 14

three-legged vessel, 6

tiger, 73, 145, 163, 175, 363, 365, 382

baihu (white tigers), 94, 417

tin, 14, 24, 61, 177

tinning, 148

Tobol River, 25

tomb, 2, 24, 39, 41, 44, 75, 77–78, 103, 105–106, 108, 110, 112–113, 117–120, 125–127, 132, 137, 140, 156–157, 163–165, 170, 172–175, 177, 180, 182, 187, 216–217, 298, 331, 404, 406, 412

Han tombs, 94

See also Xichuan Xiasi M1 and Xichuan Xiasi M2

Tongling yan, 146

tongue, 50, 56, 75, 90

detached tongues, 57, 91

floating tongue, 66

protruding tongues, 94

serpent, 66, 91

toukong openwork. See under openwork

transition period, 34–35, 144

tripod, 6, 19, 67, 71–72, 76, 115, 133, 244–248

Uighur, 27

Ulaan Baatar, 154

University of Pennsylvania Museum, 89

venting, 8, 44, 64, 79, 90, 228

Vietnam, 149, 161

Vogt, Paul Nicholas, 125

Wan Jiabao, 18, 425

Wan Li, 78, 95, 243, 259, 261–262

four stages of openwork-interlace development, 134

Wang Changqing, 50, 52, 54–55, 57, 61–62, 234, 240, 425

Wang Jinchao, 43, 47, 107–108, 114, 222–224, 226, 303, 425

Wang Ningsheng, 148, 425

Warring States Period, 39, 71, 74–77, 95, 148, 180, 244, 249, 254, 259, 261, 265, 270, 274, 276–277, 349–350, 395

warrior, 26, 73, 182, 199–200

Qin terracotta warriors, 168

waterfowl, 167–169, 176, 182

Weber, Charlotte C. and John C., 99, 278–279, 282, 285–288

Wei River Valley, 153

Western Han dynasty, 75, 148

Western Zhou period, 129–132