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Thursday, March 28, 2024


Exhibition Public - USA & Canada

Double Happiness: Celebration in Chinese Art

Peabody Essex Museum
161 Essex Street,
Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Apr 05, 2014 To May 31, 2015


Detail: Come and experience the liveliness of a drinking party, the opulence of a royal wedding and poetic evocation of spring on a delicate dish. With more than 30 highlights from the museum's wide-ranging Chinese collection spanning 3,000 years, this exhibition celebrates China's artistic achievements crystallized in seasonal festivals, religious ceremonies and celebrations. Discover plants and animals, myths and symbols and decipher the Chinese character for "Double Happiness."

Phone No.: 978-745-9500, 866-745-1876
Site URL: http://www.pem.org/exhibitions/173-double_happiness_celebration_in_chinese_art

Bowl with dragons, phoenixes, gourds, and characters for happiness.
Bowl with dragons, phoenixes, gourds, and characters for happiness.
Artists in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.
Qing dynasty, Guangxu period, late 1880s.
Porcelain with transparent glaze and overglaze polychrome enamels and
Gift of the Conger Collection, 1991 E76744. Photo by Walter Silver/ PEM. 

This bowl was used in the 1880s probably in one of the most lavish royal weddings in Chinese history.

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