Tomb Treasures: New Discoveries from China's Han Dynasty

About this book

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 books texts explore a number of ideas about the lives and deaths of Western Han royalty.