Phoenix Kingdoms

Editor and lead curator Fan Jeremy Zhang is the Asian Art Museum Barbara and Gerson Bakar Curator of Chinese art. Trained as an archaeologist, he is the curator of numerous exhibitions and the editor/author of several catalogues including Royal Taste: The Art of Princely Courts in Fifteenth-Century China.   Jay Xu, The Barbara Bass Bakar director and CEO, Asian Art Museum Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture John Major, independent researcher in New York City Colin Mackenzie, curator of Chinese art, Art Institute of Chicago Haicheng Wang, associate professor of art history, Mary and Cheney Cowles Endowed Professor, University of Washington Guolong Lai, associate professor of Chinese art and archaeology, University of Florida I-fen Huang, assistant art curator, National Palace Museum, Taiwan

Contents

Forewords Jay Xu and Fang Qin
Acknowledgments Fan J. Zhang
Maps
Introduction Fan J. Zhang

Part I Exploring Zhou’s Southern Borderland

ONE Unearthing a Lost State: The Discovery of Zeng Jay Xu
TWO Discovering Chu: The Legacy of the Southern Lands Fan J. Zhang
THREE Art and Religion on the Ancient Jiang-Han Plain John S. Major

Part II Material Culture of the Middle Yangzi River Region

FOUR Jades of the Chu and Zeng States Colin Mackenzie
FIVE Ritual and Musical Traditions in the States of the Jiang-Han Plain Haicheng Wang
SIX Obsession with the Supernatural and Luxuries: Chu-Style Lacquerware, Textiles, 
       and Funerary Objects Guolong Lai and I-fen Huang

Part III Catalogue

Jades, Agate, and Glass 
Bronze Ritual Vessels
Musical Instruments and Weapons
Lacquerwar
Special Mortuary Objects
Textiles, Gold, and Miscellanea

Inscriptions
Reigns of Zhou Kings and Zeng and Chu Lords
Chronology
Bibliography
Index