Jenny Liu

Jenny Liu is currently working on her Ph.D. at the University of London and is the Research Associate for the special exhibition China: The Dawn of the Golden Age (200-750 A.D.) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (October 5, 2004-January 23, 2005). After receiving her B.A. in English and Chinese History at Berkeley, Ms. Liu obtained an M.Phil. in East Asian Archaeology at Cambridge, and held visiting fellowships at both the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing and the Institute of History and Philology of Academia Sinica in Taipei.

Guarding the Dead: Tomb Figurines of Medieval China

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This talk will examine figurines from tombs of the Chinese “medieval period” (c. 220-750 A.D.), a turbulent but seminal period in Chinese art after the fall of the Han Empire (206 B.C.-A.D. 220). Influences from Central Asia, ancient Persia, India, Northern Steppes, and the Byzantium Empire are evident on the art made for the service … Read more