Tomb treasures : new discoveries from China's Han dynasty
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Tomb treasures : new discoveries from China's Han dynasty
Asian Art Museum, c2017
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Catalogue of the exhibition held at Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Feb. 17-May 28, 2017
Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-199) and index
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Description
This stunning Chinese art book presents almost a hundred recently unearthed objects that offer a glimpse into the extraordinary wealth and artistic accomplishments of elite society during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BCE - 9 CE). These exquisite treasures are from newly discovered sites in the Jiangsu region of China and are made of gold, silver, jade, bronze, pottery, lacquer, and other refined materials.
Masterworks include a full-length jade suit sewn with gold threads, an oversized coffin shrouded in jade, and a complete set of functional bronze bells. The book's texts explore a number of ideas about the lives and deaths of Western Han royalty.
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