Special Exhibitions China: Dawn of a Golden Age, 200–750 AD Contents Page Fall of an Empire The Coming of the Xianbei and Other Nomads The Silk Road North and South: late 5th–late 6th century Reunification: late 6th–8th century

Zoom Mounted hunter Tang dynasty (618–907) Glazed earthenware H. 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm) Excavated from the tomb (dated 706) of Prince Yide, Qianxian, Shaanxi Province, 1972 Shaanxi History Museum

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