NEW YORK.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents "Treasures from a Lost Civilization: Ancient Chinese Art from Sichuan", on view through June 16, 2002. This exhibition presents the fascinating art and material culture of ancient Sichuan, in remote southwest China, uncovered by archaeology of the last 15 years. The 128 works of art on exhibit include monumental bronze images of deities, lively human figures, fantastic ritual vessels, exquisite jades, and spirited ceramic sculptures dating from the late phase of Sanxingdui culture (13th–11th century B.C.) to the Han dynasty (3rd century B.C.–3rd century A.D.). They are among the most unusual and spectacular works of art from the ancient world, and most of them are being shown for the first time in the United States.