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Tomb Treasures: New Discoveries from China's Han Dynasty
Jay Xu
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Description for Tomb Treasures: New Discoveries from China's Han Dynasty
Hardcover. 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 Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; ACBP; AMGD; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1461.
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 BCEu9 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 bookAEs texts explore a number of ideas about life and death of Western ... Read more
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 BCEu9 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 bookAEs texts explore a number of ideas about life and death of Western ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Asian Art Museum
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
1461g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
San Francisco, United States
ISBN
9780939117789
SKU
V9780939117789
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About Jay Xu
Jay Xu is Executive Director of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. He is the first Chinese American director at a major US art museum and first Asian American museum director elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The Asian Art Museum--Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture is a public institution whose mission is to ... Read more
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