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Exhibition Public - Europe & Africa

Pure Land: Images of Immortals in Chinese Art

Ashmolean Museum
Beaumont Street,
Oxford , United Kingdom
Mar 01, 2016 To Oct 02, 2016


Detail: This wide-ranging exhibition, which includes paintings, textiles and porcelain, takes Chinese immortals and immortality as its theme. With a particular focus on the Pure Land of Amitabha Buddha – the Buddha of Infinite Light – the exhibition also explores the worlds of Daoist Immortals and the Queen Mother of the West, all of whom had their mythical homes beyond the boundaries of the mortal world.

Phone No.: +44 (0)1865 278000
Site URL: http://www.ashmolean.org/ashwpress/easternart/2016/03/01/pure-land/

Bodhisattva Guanyin
Bodhisattva Guanyin
China
18th century
22 x 16.7 x 14.5 cm
Blanc-de-Chine porcelain
Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust © The University of Sussex.

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