分享縮略圖
 

Ancient Chinese bronzes on display in New York

0 Comment(s)Print E-mail Xinhua, February 28, 2025
Adjust font size:

A comprehensive collection of Chinese bronzes from the 12th to 19th centuries will be on display in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) starting Friday for a period of seven months.

Co-organized by The Met and the Shanghai Museum, the exhibition will showcase around 100 collections from The Met and nearly 100 loans from major institutions in China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Germany, France, and Britain.

Titled Recasting the Past: The Art of Chinese Bronzes, 1100-1900, the exhibition aims to be the most comprehensive study of Chinese bronzes during this period.

Featured in the exhibition are around 60 loans from eight institutions in China, including major works such as a monumental 12th-century bell with imperial procession from the Liaoning Provincial Museum, documented ritual bronzes for Confucian temples from the Shanghai Museum, and luxury archaistic vessels made in the 18th-century imperial workshop from the Palace Museum in Beijing, according to a release by The Met.

"While bronze as an art form has long held a significant role throughout China's history, this exhibition explores an often-overlooked time period when a resurgence of craftsmanship and artistic achievements revitalized the medium," said Max Hollein, director and chief executive officer of The Met.

"Bringing together major loans from institutions in China alongside works from The Met collection, this exhibition offers viewers an important opportunity to better understand the lasting aesthetic and cultural impact of bronze objects," said Hollein.

The exhibition includes five thematic and chronological sections that explicate over 200 works of art -- an array of bronze vessels complemented by a selection of paintings, ceramics, jades, and other media.

"This exhibition attempts a long-overdue reevaluation of later Chinese bronzes by seeking to establish a reliable chronology of this art form across the last millennium of Chinese history. The exhibition will also distinguish outstanding works from lesser examples based on their artistic and cultural merits," said Lu Pengliang, curator of Chinese Art at The Met.

The cooperation and partnership among institutions from different countries also allows antiques with close ties to appear together to give people a more holistic view.

The Shanghai Museum's "Lady reclining over an incense cage," a painting by Chen Hongshou in the Ming dynasty, demonstrates people's elegant life in the mid-17th century and how an incense burner in the form of a duck was used, said Lu.

Lu put a bronze incense burner of this kind from The Met together with the painting.

Lu also discovered a Daoist ritual cauldron from the Cernuschi Museum (Museum of the Asian arts of Paris) and a Daoist ritual vessel from the Saint Louis Art Museum, which share the same mark and are believed to be from the same user in Qing Dynasty.

"Our studies show that the two items must once belong to the same person and they have specific functions in Daoism," Lu told Xinhua.

It's interesting to put them together in the exhibition and the two items also would be displayed in Shanghai later this year, said Lu.

"This whole project is a project of partnership, of friendship, of collegiality, of an ability (on) what we can achieve when you do something together," said Hollein at a press preview of the exhibition on Thursday.

"This exhibition marks another milestone in the collaboration between our two museums. I am also very pleased to share that this is an exchange exhibition, which will meet Chinese audiences at the Shanghai Museum in November this year," said Chu Xiaobo, director of the Shanghai Museum.

The exhibition will be open to the public in New York from Feb. 28 to Sept. 28, 2025 and the Shanghai Museum will host the exhibition from Nov. 12 to March 16, 2026.

In today's world, dialogue and mutual trust are more precious than ever, where cultural exchanges play an irreplaceable role, said Chu, who noted that museums are the most inclusive and diverse platforms for cultural exchanges.

"We look forward to deepening partnerships, expanding collaborations, fostering friendships, and strengthening our shared commitment with global colleagues, to preserving and celebrating the beauty of human civilizations," said Chu at the press preview of the exhibition. 


Follow China.org.cn on Twitter and Facebook to join the conversation.
ChinaNews App Download
Print E-mail Bookmark and Share

Go to Forum >>0 Comment(s)

No comments.

Add your comments...

  • User Name Required
  • Your Comment
  • Enter the words you see:   
    Racist, abusive and off-topic comments may be removed by the moderator.
Send your storiesGet more from China.org.cnMobileRSSNewsletter
主站蜘蛛池模板: 一个人免费观看日本www视频 | 把腿抬起来就可以吃到扇贝了| 亚洲一级免费毛片| 被夫上司持续侵犯7天| 国产精品9999久久久久| 中文织田真子中文字幕| 日韩视频中文字幕专区| 亚洲国产成人精品女人久久久| 美国式禁忌23| 国产伦理一区二区| 97精品一区二区视频在线观看 | 美女网站色在线观看| 国内精品一战二战| av无码精品一区二区三区四区| 日韩av高清在线看片| 亚洲视频一区二区在线观看| 午夜爽爽性刺激一区二区视频| 99精品在线播放| 小h片在线观看| 中国毛片在线观看| 最近在线2018视频免费观看| 亚洲大香伊人蕉在人依线| 联谊对象是肉食系警官第6话| 国产精品美脚玉足脚交欧美| JAPANESEHD熟女熟妇伦| 女人扒开腿让男人捅啪啪| 久久精品中文字幕首页| 桃花影院www视频播放| 亚洲入口无毒网址你懂的 | 欧亚专线欧洲s码wmysnh48| 亚洲午夜精品在线| 欧美日韩一区二区三区视视频| 亚洲欧美日韩视频一区| 欧美黑人粗大xxxxbbbb| 啊轻点灬大ji巴太粗太男| 四虎成年永久免费网站| 国产精品二区在线| videoshd泰国| 无人码一区二区三区视频| 亚洲制服丝袜在线播放| 欧美变态口味重另类在线视频|