Contributions

  • Asian Art Museum of San Francisco - Contributor

Publication

2017 - Asian Art Museum, California

Language

English

Word Count

51,500 words, Guess

Page Count

206 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100939117789
  • ISBN-139780939117789
  • Library of Congress Control Number2016038155
  • OCLC Control Number956687842
  • Better World Books9780939117789
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Classifications

  • DDC931/.04
  • LCCDS793.K45 T66 2017
  • LCCDS793.K45T66 2017

Description

"This exhibition catalogue features archaeological discoveries found in kings' and other royalty's mausoleums and tombs from the Western Han dynasty (206 BCE-9 CE) in Jiangsu province, China. These royals lived extravagantly and, after death, were buried in grand style to ensure a prosperous afterlife. Royal mausoleums were furnished with enormous quantities of treasures comprising not only luxurious goods used in real life, but also artifacts made specifically for burial. About 100 objects (made of gold, silver, jade, bronze, pottery, lacquer, and other refined materials) will be featured, and most of these will be exhibited for the first time outside of China. Masterworks include a full-length jade suit sewn with gold threads, a huge coffin shrouded in jade, and a complete set of functional bronze bell chimes for court music"--

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