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Thursday, March 28, 2024


Exhibition Public - USA & Canada

A Passion for Jade The Heber Bishop Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue,
New York, New York, USA
Mar 14, 2015 To Jun 19, 2016


Detail: Heber R. Bishop's collection of carved jades was formed in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum in 1902. Consisting of over one thousand pieces—primarily Chinese jades of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as well as jades from Mughal India—it was the first major collection of its kind in the country. This exhibition features a selection of the finest examples from this renowned collection and celebrates the hundredth anniversary of the Department of Asian Art.

Phone No.: 212-535-7710
Site URL: http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2015/passion-for-jade

Pillow in the shape of an infant boy
Pillow in the shape of an infant boy
China
Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
H. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); W. 4 in. (10.2 cm); L. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
Jade (nephrite)

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