Noble Tombs at Mawangdui: Art and Life of the Changsha Kingdom, Third Century BCE to First Century CE = Mawangdui Han mu gu Changsha guo de yi shu he sheng huo.

Changsha, Hunan, China: Hunan Provincial Museum; Yuelu Publishing House, 2008. xix, 196 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Text in English and Chinese. Catalogue of exhibitions organized by the Hunan Provincial Museum in China and China Institute Gallery in America, held at China Institute Gallery, New York, February 12 to June 7, 2009 and Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California, September 19 to December 13, 2009. Firm binding, gently creased spine. Clean inside copy. CONTENTS: Message from the Director of the Hunan Provincial Museum, by Chen Jianming; Foreword, by Willow Weilan Hai Chang; Chronology; Comparative chronology of the Marquis of Dai lineage and the Changsha Kingdom in the Han Dynasty; Territories of the Changsha Kingdom; A legend that will live forever: an introduction to the Han tombs at Mawangdui, by Yu Yanjiao; Continuity and change in the function and technology of early Han lacquerware at Mawangdui: also covering the issue of the place of production of the lacquerware from the Han Tombs at Mawangdui, by Nie Fei; Whereto heaven?: new perspective on Mawangdui paintings, by Eugene Wang; The theme of life in paintings on silk from Mawangdui, by Zheng Shubin; Brilliant culture of dress and ornament at Mawangdui, by Wang Shujin; Ideological inclinations of Early Han Dynasty society: books on silk and bamboo slips from Mawangdui, by Yu Bing; Catalogue, by Yuan Jianping, Yu Bing, Wang Shujin, and Fu Juliang; collated by Zheng Shubin.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.