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.
"Published in association with University of California Press" -- title page verso. "Exhibitions dates ; October 2022 - February 2022" -- title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Forewords / Jay Xu and Brent R. Benjamin -- Reign chart of Zhou, Zeng, and Chu kings -- Three maps (850 BCE, 300 BCE, and Chu excavation sites in China) -- Introduction / Fan J. Zhang -- Unearthing a lost state : the discovery of Zeng / Jay Xu -- Discovering Chu : the legacy of the southern borderland / Fan J. Zhang -- Art and religion in 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 / Wang Haicheng -- Obsession with the supernatural and luxuries : Chu-style lacquerware, textiles, and funerary objects / Lai Guolong 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.
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