1. The most symbolic bronze arts of ancient China chronicle the past 12 centuries, and cover a wide range of objects from vessels to weapons.
2. Lu's work may eventually yield new insights into the origins of ancient China's Neolithic artifacts, vast quantities of finely polished jade objects.
3. Grave robbers ransacked the burial chamber in ancient times and stole the other objects.
4. According to him, men were the authority in ancient Chinese society while women were just objects.
5. The wreck came to light when local police got wind of fishermen recovering ancient porcelain objects from the sea.
6. Greece has also asked the Getty to return a number of ancient art objects which it believes were stolen and smuggled out of the country.