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The British Museum, in the Bloomsbury area of London, United Kingdom, is a public institution dedicated to human history, art and culture. Its permanent collection of some eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence, having been widely sourced during the era of the British Empire.
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East meets West: ancient porcelain exports on display in Beijing
In ancient times, fine porcelain pieces made in China were highly traded around the world, leading them to also take on the name “china”. An exhibition featuring these treasured Chinese exports has kicked off at the Palace Museum in Beijing. Watch the video to see this beautiful porcelain.
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Two Porcelain Exhibitions Open at Palace Museum
China's Palace Museum in Beijing opened two new exhibitions on Tuesday.
One is the Comparative Exhibition of the Porcelains of the Imperial Kiln of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty and the exhibition showing the new archaeological finds of porcelains of the imperial kilns of the Ming Dynasty.
It’s the first exhibition of such a big scale to show the porcelains produced by the imperial kiln of Chenghua. It is part of a series of exhibitions for promoting the studies of the imperial kiln porcelains of the Ming Dynasty. It is also designed to provide rich cultural knowledge for porcelain fans, said Lyu Chenglong, head of the porcelain research institute, the Palace Museum.
As part of the series of exhibitions on porcelains of imperial kilns of the Ming Dynasty, the exhibitions display 183 porcelain articles during the reign of the Ming Dynasty's Chenghua Emperor, Zhu Jianshen, who ruled from 1465 to 1487.
The biggest highlights of the exhibitions are the latest archaeological finds in Jingdezhen since 2014, which are open to the public for the first time.
The exhibitions will last through Feb 26, 2017.
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National Museum of China, Chinese (Pinyin) Zhongguo Guojia Bowuguan or (Wade-Giles romanization) Chung-kuo Kuo-chia Po-wu-kuan, museum in Beijing, located on the east side of Tiananmen Square. The museum was created in 2003 by the merger of the National Museum of Chinese History and the Museum of the Chinese Revolution. It is the largest museum in China and one of the largest museums in the world.
The National Museum of Chinese History, the main exhibits of which covered the history of China from its earliest beginnings up until the Chinese Revolution of 1911–12, was established at the former Imperial College of the Ming and Qing dynasties in 1912 and later expanded to rooms above the south gate of the Forbidden City and associated spaces. It opened to the public in 1926 and was reorganized in 1997 based on the latest archaeological and historical findings and arranged in chronological order. The Museum of the Chinese Revolution, established in 1950, was dedicated to the history of China from about 1840 onward, particularly highlighting the history of the Chinese Communist Party. A new building to house the two museums was completed in 1959.
After China won the bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, officials decided to combine the museums into a single entity and embarked on a massive renovation of the building. Construction began in 2007, and the museum reopened to the public in 2011, boasting some 2,153,000 square feet (200,000 square metres) of space—nearly three times its original size. The museum’s collection features more than one million objects, ranging from replicas of bones of Peking man to scientific instruments introduced to China by missionaries in the 18th and 19th centuries and many hundreds of decorative objects—such as bronzes, pottery, lacquerware, jade, and textiles—and documents, art, and artifacts ranging from the Paleolithic Period to the present.
Terracotta Army: The greatest archaeological find of the 20th century - BBC News
In March 1974, Chinese farmers digging a well unearthed the greatest archaeological find of the century - the buried Terracotta Army. After coming across a life-sized human head made of clay in Xi’an, China, archaeologists were called in to investigate. What they found was extraordinary. Thousands of life-like terracotta figures from the Qin dynasty, fashioned 2,000 years ago to protect the First Emperor of China in the afterlife. Archaeologist Li Xiuzhen has worked on the site since the 1980s. Her team was the first to discover that each warrior was originally painted in bright colours.
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[Asian Civilisations Museum] China Mania! The Global Passion for Porcelain
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For more than a thousand years, China has provided the world with porcelain of the highest quality. Translucent, elegant, and durable, Chinese porcelain of various shapes, sizes, and colours was eagerly sought – and just as eagerly copied and imitated. From the Tang dynasty (618-906) into the 20th century, kilns across China produced everything from magnificent display pieces to vast quantities of everyday bowls and dishes. Ships laden with porcelain reached markets across the globe.
Like all successful products, Chinese porcelain inspired competition. When instability disrupted Chinese exports, Southeast Asia and Japan filled the gap with ceramics that imitated the visual appeal of porcelain. More competition came from Europe, which struggled to produce porcelain. International trade and cultural exchange spread styles, forms, and manufacturing technologies throughout different regions.
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Ancient Chinese Statues
Ancient Chinese statues. Ancient Chinese foo dog statue. Carved dark green jade open mouthed foo dog wearing a collar with pendants. Seated on a base with incised flowers on all sides. Foo dogs are really lions, the proud Mother of the feline race. Although lions were not indigenous to China, lion artwork and sculptures were imported gifts to the emperor. Later introduced in Chinese primitive art, the lion became associated with Buddhism as the defender of law and protector of sacred buildings. First appearing in Chinese artwork as early as 208 BC, the Han Dynasty, foo dogs date back to the beginnings of Buddhism. Buddha was sometimes depicted on the back of the great beast, but more often displayed in a powerful guarding position. It is important to point out that they are also known as the celestial dog, and the happiness dog, possing mythic protective powers. They originated in China with its name supposedly deriving from the city of Foochow. It is said that they originated through a crossing of Northern European hunting dogs and that of the ancient Chow Chow from the barren steppes of Mongolia. Another belief is that they are perhaps the missing link between that of the Chinese Wolf and the Chow Chow.
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The National Museum is divided into six levels. The Ancient China collection is on the lower level, while The Road of Rejuvenation Collection is divided between the second and third floors.
The most famous object in the Ancient China collection is the teeth of Yuanmou Man. It is the oldest trace of hominids in Asia. It has been dated to between 1 million and 1.7 million years, and belongs to the Homo Erectus species, even earlier than Neanderthal Man.
The Road of Rejuvenation features historical objects such as the Chinese Flag raised by Mao on the day of the foundation of the People's Republic, or the abdication papers of the last emperor, Puyi, dated February 12, 1912, which brought an end to an empire that had lasted more than 2000 years.
The remaining rooms contain both temporary and permanent exhibitions, such as the fine collections of coins, ceramics – with finely decorated vases dating as far back as the Stone Age – and exquisite Ming and Qing porcelain.
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Chinese porcelain on display in Lisbon
A rare collection of 60 Chinese porcelain plates is on display at the National Museum of Ancient Art in Lisbon.
It is an evidence of long history of commercial and cultural ties between Portugal and China since the early 16th century.
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China's hidden city uncovered: Panlongcheng Site Museum in Wuhan now opens to public, displays the early Shang civilization of ancient China. There you can experience how pottery was made 3,500 years ago and have a go at it too. Click to see more
400 Year Old Ivory Carvings Collections From All Around The World
Ivory is a term usually employed to particularize the tusk of the elephant.
India which has high traditions in ivory carving right from Indus civilization is represented by carved ivory figures from Assam; chessmen, small toys, household articles from Lucknow; intricately carved lamp shade, religious figures, woven ivory mat and replicas of the historical sites from Mysore, all of 19th and 20th centuries.
The Salar Jung Museum has a good collection of ivory carvings from different parts of the world. The collection of ivory gives an excellent idea of ivory as a medium of plastic art.
Experts say that the Chinese have been carrying on ivory carving for more than 3000 years. The Museum’s Chinese ivories of late 18th and 19th centuries include serene human figures. Vividly portrayed birds and other creatures and the intriguing Cantonese concentric balls-ball with in ball affairs.
The chessmen, chausar sets of Ivory in the collection form an interesting group. Amongst the objects of European ivory carvings, a set of our ivory chairs said to have been presented by Louis XVI of France to Tipu Sultan of Mysore deserves special mention.
The collection of carved paper cutters also forms a splendid group. The large size paper cutter catches the attention of the onlooker. Apart from the above, there are also procession scenes, delicately carved boxes, fly whisks, figures of animals and bedsteads.
The Japanese, though late entrants in the field of ivory carving, show themselves as expert carvers the proof borne our by the their delicately carved figures painted with designs in gold lacquer and realistic representation of shrines preserved in the Museum.
Though not of the first rate quality some of the late Egyptian ivory figures displayed are coloured brown, an artistic decoration indulged in by ancient Egyptions who had achieved high quality ivory carving before 3000 B.C.
Although ivory carving a was widely practiced during the historical periods of Europe very little carved ivory appears to have ended up in museums except in private collections and far-flung monasteries in Europe. French ivories dominate the 19th and 20th centuries museum collection. French ivories show a variety of social subjects such as beggars. German ivories include beer mugs. English ivories comprise portraits.
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British Museum exhibits contemporary Chinese porcelain
Porcelain art is an essential part of Chinese culture and it’s experiencing a revival. A new generation of Chinese ceramists has emerged on the art scene, taking their works to London for a special exhibition at the Clore Education Centre of the British Museum.
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Chinese ceramics from Brazilian collector exhibited in MET
An international loan exhibition of 60 exquisite and unusual Chinese ceramics drawn from a Brazilian private collection is now on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art through August 7.
This exhibition presents ceramics made in China during the period between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, when porcelain became a global luxury. By this time, Chinese porcelain had long been treasured elsewhere in Asia and in the Islamic World. Later, this longstanding inter-Asian trade began to impact the shapes and designs of some of the first porcelain objects traded to Europe.
Site of Ancient County Town Found in Beijing
Archeologists in Tongzhou District of Beijing found an ancient site of the county town of Luxian, which dates back to the Han Dynasty (206 B.C-220 A.D.).
After preliminary exploration, archeologists found that the ancient site of Luxian consists of four parts: city wall base, inside remains, city moat and outside remains.
From the wall base, it can be judged that the county town was in the shape of a rectangle which covered an area of some 350,000 square meters.
The layers of soil accumulated from the surface reach down as deep as five meters.
We classify different cultural layers according to the soil texture, soil color and things buried inside. This layer should be contemporary. These two layers are of the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1636-1911) dynasties, where we can find debris of blue-and-white porcelain and some ceramics. For layers of the Liao (916-1125) and Jin (1115-1234) dynasties, more debris of white enamel were unearthed, said Sun Meng, leader of an archaeological team under Beijing Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics.
In addition, a total of 1092 ancient tombs from the Warring States Period (475 B.C.-221 B.C.) to the Qing Dynasty were also found on the eastern and southern parts near the ancient town. More on:
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CHINA: BEIJING: STOLEN TREASURES/ANTIQUITIES
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Foreign plunder and cultural neglect have contributed to the loss of countless national treasures from historical sites and sacred ruins across China.
Now, powerful, rich groups of mainland entrepreneurs are joining forces and pooling their resources to try and retrieve those valuable artefacts which are surfacing on the international art market.
If famous auction houses can't be persuaded to return the works of art stolen from China, wealthy groups are simply paying whatever it costs to bring home these priceless pieces of history.
Tourists pose for pictures and clamber over the ruins at Beijing's Old Summer Palace.
The ancient monument was built during the reign of the Manchu Emperor Qianlong.
Jesuit missionary friends of the Emperor were commissioned in 1747 to design the Rococo palace, and work as architects for the structure's European-style palaces, surrounded by elaborate fountains and baroque statuary.
Europeans became enemies a century later during the Second Opium War.
British and French troops burnt the wooden Chinese pavilions and temples, leaving only marble facades, some broken columns and traces of fountains.
Many ancient historical relics were looted at this time.
Fountains, here rendered in stone and bronze with human forms and heads of animals from the Chinese zodiac- each spouting water for two hours in turn -were removed by enemy soldiers who made off with five of the animal busts.
These ruins are all that's left of the palace itself.
They attract thousands of visitors each year.
So many tourists visit the monument, that efforts are being made to try and limit the number of people allowed to explore the ruins.
China is proud of its cultural heritage, and many feel that historical treasures plundered by foreign armies during the Opium Wars should be returned.
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I believe the national treasures should be returned to China. They shouldn't be auctioned.
SUPER: Vox Pop, tourist
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Not only should we take them back, it's most important to stop them from being taken out of China again. This is important.
SUPER: Vox Pop, tourist
Three of those bronze heads - the monkey, ox and tiger - appeared for sale on the international art market last week in Hong Kong when Christie's and Sotheby's placed the items up for auction to the highest bidder.
The sales caused widespread consternation among many Hong Kong and mainland Chinese.
Scores of demonstrators gathered outside Sotheby's Hong Kong auction house as the relics were being auctioned off inside, and police were called to the scene as scuffles broke out.
The protestors said the antiquities belonged to the Chinese people and had been looted by French and British troops in 1860.
Stepping in to defend the mainland's position and rescue her stolen national treasures is the China Poly Group, an industrial conglomerate with interests in arms, property and telecommunications.
Adding art to its list of interests, the China Poly Group with its strong connection to the People's Liberation Army, has embarked on a purchasing spree to buy back what China has lost to thieves.
The group spent over four million U-S dollars in Hong Kong to purchase the three bronze heads which it intends to place in this special Beijing museum filled with looted Chinese bronzes.
The Poly Group's mission is defined by a museum curator.
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If we only rely on government finances and government protection, it's not realistic. It need more private enterprises and people to join this movement to protect our antiquities. This should be the historical trend.
SUPER CAPTION: Mr. Jiang, Assistant Museum Director
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Chinese artifacts sell for millions at Sotheby's auction
Sotheby's auction of Chinese ceramic pieces and artwork has held in Hong Kong on Tuesday. Among the highlights is a blue and white palace bowl from the Chenghua period in the 15th century, sold for $18 million US dollars. And that's not the only record broken under this hammer.
The bowl, bought by local Chinese ceramics dealer William Chak, is the second most expensive piece of Ming porcelain ever sold at auction.
The record is held by a blue and white Meiyingtang vase sold by Sotheby's Hong Kong for over 20 million dollars in October of 2011.