Phoenix kingdoms the last splendor of China's Bronze Age edited by Fan J. Zhang and Jay Xu ; with contributions by I-fen Huang, Guolong Lai, Colin Mackenzie, John S. Major, Haicheng Wang, Jay Xu, and Fan J. Zhang

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Notes: "Published in association with University of California Press"--Title page verso; "Exhibition dates ... October 2022 - February 2023"--Title page verso
Contents: Unearthing a lost state : the discovery of Zeng / Jay Xu -- Discovering Chu : the legacy of the southern lands / Fan J. Zhang -- Art and religion on the ancient Jiang-Han plain / John S. Major -- Jades of the Chu and Zeng states / Colin Mackenzie -- Ritual and musical traditions in the states of the Jiang-Han plain / Haicheng Wang -- Obsession with the supernatural and luxuries : Chu-style lacquerware, textiles, and funerary objects / Guolong Lai and I-fen Huang -- Jades, agate, and glass -- Bronze ritual vessels -- Musical instruments and weapons -- Lacquerware -- Special mortuary objects -- Textiles, gold and miscellanea
Summary: "Featuring about 150 loans from China's Hubei Provincial Museum, this exhibition, set to open at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco under the name Lost Kingdoms of Ancient China, examines the new finds of Zeng and Chu tombs together to explore the cultural landscape of the southern borderland of the Zhou dynasty. It also reveals the legendary rising story of the phoenix kingdom erased by the Qin, highlighting the importance of the middle Yangtze River region in forming a southern style in Chinese art. For a better understanding of the Zeng and Chu material, the exhibition catalogue consists of seven essays to elaborate the introduction to the remarkable art and culture of this region, with entries of about 150 works in six categories (jade, bronze ritual vessels, musical instruments and weapons, lacquerware for luxury and ceremony, funerary bronze and wood objects, and textiles and artefacts with designs). Seven contributors have written for this catalogue, including five outside scholars with expertise on different subjects"-- Provided by publisher

Data Source: Smithsonian Libraries

Date: 2022; To 221 B.C; Jusqu'à 221 av. J.-C

contributor: Zhang, Fan Jeremy; Xu, Jay; Huang, I-Fen; Lai, Guolong 1967 November 30-; Major, John S; Mackenzie, Colin (Colin Christopher); Wang, Haicheng 1975-
issuing body: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

Type: Exhibitions; Expositions; Exhibition catalogs

Physical description: 240 pages illustrations (chiefly color) 32 cm

Place: China; Hubei Sheng; Chine; Hubei; Hubei Sheng (China); Hubei (Chine)

Topic: Art objects, Chinese; Bronze age; Objets d'art chinois; DESIGN / Decorative Arts; Antiquities; Civilization; Civilisation

Record ID: siris_sil_1163348

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