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Detail, Tomb-guardian creature
(zhenmushou)

 

The Arts of China
Continuing indefinitely
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

A variety of materials, techniques, and motifs, which span almost six thousand years, are explored in this exhibition of 228 objects highlighting the Sackler Gallery's permanent holdings of Chinese art. The exhibition features jades and bronzes, Buddhist sculpture and wall paintings, glass, lacquerware, furniture, and paintings from the Neolithic period to the 20th century.


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