Mannikka, Eleanor.
Angkor Wat: Time, Space, and Kingship. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1996. Advanced reading on Cambodian art.

March, Benjamin.
"A Chinese Iron Lion Head." Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts 13 (1931—32): 14—16. Additional reading on the Chinese lion head in the DIA collection.

Mason, Penelope.
History of Japanese Art. New York: Prentice Hall, 1993. General reading on Japanese art.

Moes, Robert.
Auspicious Spirits: Korean Folk Paintings and Related Objects. Washington, D.C.: International Exhibitions Foundation, 1983. General reading on Korean art.

Mowry, Robert.
"Koryo Celadons." Orientations 5 (1986): 24—39. Advanced reading on Korean ceramics.

Mowry, Robert, Eugene Farrell, and Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere.
Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers: Chinese Brown- and Black-Glazed Ceramics, 400—1400. Cambridge: Harvard University Art Museums, 1996. Advanced reading on Chinese ceramics.

Pope, John Alexander.
Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art, 1956. Advanced reading on Chinese ceramics.

Portal, Jane.
Korea: Art and Archaeology. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2000. General reading on Korean art.

Rousmaniere, Nicole Coolidge. 
Kazari: Decoration and Display in Japan, 15-19th Centuries. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2002. For more information about the decorative aspects of traditional Japanese objects.

Stalberg, Roberta, and Ruth Nesi.
China's Crafts: The Story of How They're Made and What They Mean. New York and San Francisco: Eurasia Press and China Books & Periodicals, 1980. General reading on Chinese symbolism in everyday life.

Sung, Vivien.
Five Fold Happiness: Chinese Concepts of Luck, Prosperity, Longevity, Happiness, and Wealth. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2002. For more about auspicious symbols and their meanings.

Thorp, Robert L., and Richard Vinograd.
Chinese Art and Culture. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2001. General history of China and Chinese art.

Till, Barry, and Paula Swart.
"Cast Iron Statuary of China." Orientations 8 (1993): 40—45. Additional reading on cast iron monuments.

Tsai, Shih-shan Henry.
Perpetual Happiness: The Ming Emperor Yongle. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2001. Biographical information on the Yongle Emperor and the navigator Zheng He.

Wagner, Donald B.
"Chinese Monumental Iron Castings." Journal of East Asian Archaeology 2/3 (2000): 199—224. Additional reading on these monuments.

Watt, James, and Barbara Breenan Ford.
East Asian Lacquer: The Florence and Herbert Irving Collection. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1991. Additional reading on lacquer wares with many illustrations similar to the Detroit works.

Wilson, Richard L.
Inside Japanese Ceramics: A Primer of Materials, Techniques, and Traditions. New York: Weatherhill, 1995. Additional reading on Japanese ceramics.

Wu, Marshall.
"Black-Glazed Jian Ware and Tea Drinking in the Song Dynasty." Orientations 4 (1998): 22—31. Additional reading on stoneware.

Yang, Lien-sheng.
Money and Credit in China, a Short History. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1971. Additional reading on money in China in relation to coins from the money tree.