Tomb Treasures Ends in May: Don't Miss It

Bay Crossings' readers have been giving high marks to a recent installation at the Asian. Many, in fact, have been repeat visitors.

The unbridled luxury of the ancient Chinese royal courts is on full display in Tomb Treasures: New Discoveries from China’s Han Dynasty, the Asian Art Museum’s original exhibition of burial art recently unearthed from royal graves near present-day Shanghai (on view Feb. 17 – May 28, 2017). This presentation of mystical jade body suits, lacquer coffins, ritual bells that still chime and much more together paint a richly detailed portrait of life — and visions for the afterlife — in China 2,000 years ago.

With the opening of Tomb Treasures, the Asian Art Museum has organized a series of day and evening programs to unearth the untold stories and unexpectedly modern appetites of Han elites, who were as fascinated by pleasure in this life as the next.

Information: 415.581.3500 or www.asianart.org