The Department of Far Eastern Art exhibitions highlight the material cultures of China and
Japan. In recent years the department has enhanced its permanent exhibition galleries so that
they include its spectacular pieces and new acquisitions.
The art of China section includes a display of funeral objects such as ritual bronzes and figurative ceramics that elucidate the complex theme of ancient Chinese burial rites. Six thousand years of Chinese ceramic traditions are also on display, as well as paintings from the 17th to the 20th century, and art objects dating from the 14th to the 19th century.
Scroll paintings and applied art objects embody the artistic heritage of Japan. A number of these items are on display in a reconstructed teahouse and a traditional domestic living room.
One treasure of the department's collection is its famous collection of lacquer, urushi, objects, some Chinese examples of which date back 2500 years. The earliest Japanese pieces are some 400 years old. Fragile and light sensitive paintings and lacquer ware on display are periodically removed from the galleries for conservation reasons. This provides the opportunity to see new items as individual objects return to storage and others are brought out for display.
Adjacent to the Department of Far Eastern Art displays are the galleries of Southeast Asian Department, the presentation of the two culture regions linked with the leitmotif of Buddhist art.
Curator: Dr. Uta Werlich
The art of China section includes a display of funeral objects such as ritual bronzes and figurative ceramics that elucidate the complex theme of ancient Chinese burial rites. Six thousand years of Chinese ceramic traditions are also on display, as well as paintings from the 17th to the 20th century, and art objects dating from the 14th to the 19th century.
Scroll paintings and applied art objects embody the artistic heritage of Japan. A number of these items are on display in a reconstructed teahouse and a traditional domestic living room.
One treasure of the department's collection is its famous collection of lacquer, urushi, objects, some Chinese examples of which date back 2500 years. The earliest Japanese pieces are some 400 years old. Fragile and light sensitive paintings and lacquer ware on display are periodically removed from the galleries for conservation reasons. This provides the opportunity to see new items as individual objects return to storage and others are brought out for display.
Adjacent to the Department of Far Eastern Art displays are the galleries of Southeast Asian Department, the presentation of the two culture regions linked with the leitmotif of Buddhist art.
Curator: Dr. Uta Werlich
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