A History of the World in 100 Objects: Inside the Palace: Secrets at Court (AD 700 - 800)

Neil MacGregor introduces five items providing an insight into the private lives of eminent people. Featuring a Mayan relief of blood-letting, fragments of a harem wall-painting, the Lothair Crystal, a statue of the Buddhist goddess Tara from Sri Lanka and 12 figures discovered in the tomb of Tang Dynasty general Liu Tingxun