Detail: An unprecedented exhibition of ancient art from Vietnam - the first in the US to address the historical, geographic and cultural contexts of pre-colonial Vietnamese art in depth. It introduces new scholarship on the history of Vietnamese art. Approximately 110 objects dating from the first millennium BCE to the 17th century on rare loan from Vien Nam's leading museums. Highlights include ritual bronzes, terracotta burial wares, fine gold jewelry, Hindu and Buddhist sculptures and ornaments made of jade, lapis lazuli, crystal and carnelian. The works have never been exhibited in the US and many have never traveled outside of Vietnam.