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Subject:Treasures of China - How I Spent Labor Day
Posted By: Stan Sun, Sep 16, 2007 IP: 24.147.211.42
Those of you near Ottawa, Ontario, Canada have a wonderful exhibit in town. For Labor Day we ran up there to see the "Treasures of China" exhibit at the Museum of Civilization. It is in conjunction with the National Museum of China. It consists of 120 objects from prehistoric tools through late Qing (1911) ceramics. See it if you can. 23 items are considered national treasures.

They allow you to take photos without a flash. Do so. The exhibit catalogue can best be described as a crummy pamphlet.

I'll post a few of the photos that came out (I was shooting freehand with an older digital camera). Here are some of my favorites.

1) A Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC) Battle Ax
2) The signature piece of the show - A Ming Xaude period (1426-1435 AD) Blue and White flask
3) Jade Vase (Qing, I think - It's not in the catalogue)

Enjoy! More to follow.

Cheers,
Stan

PS The only thing better than this exhibit was the exhibit of 60 Renoir Landscapes at the National Gallery. But that has left town by now.








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Subject:Re: Treasures of China - How I Spent Labor Day
Posted By: Stan Mon, Sep 17, 2007
Here are a few more favorites:

1) Funerary Urn (I forget the dynasty and it's not in the catalogue)
2) Jade Censer (Qing Dynasty)
3) Polychrome "Wucai" Plate (Kangxi period, Qing Dynasty)

Enjoy,
Stan







Subject:Re: Treasures of China - How I Spent Labor Day
Posted By: Stan Mon, Sep 17, 2007
And a few more:

1) Cong
2) Jun Kiln Flowerpot (Song Dynasty)
3) Globular Vase in Contrasting Colors (Yongzheng period, Qing Dynasty)

Cheers,
Stan







Subject:Re: Treasures of China - How I Spent Labor Day
Posted By: wingchuntaiji Fri, Oct 12, 2007
WOW!

Subject:Re: Treasures of China - How I Spent Labor Day
Posted By: Stan Mon, Oct 15, 2007
To quote the Coke commercial; "There ain't nuthin' like the real thing."

After seeing all the copies and repros, I thought it would be refreshing to see real Chinese art objects.

Cheers,
Stan

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