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.
- ISBN10 0939117789
- ISBN13 9780939117789
- Publish Date 28 February 2017
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 28 January 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English