If there is one abode area you can get an abstraction of Beijing¡¯s accomplished and culture, it¡¯s the advancing exhibition of Beijing Cultural Treasures at the Capital Museum.
On affectation are 285 artifacts disconnected into 7 categories, namely, porcelain, Buddhist sculptures, jade, gold and argent objects, carvings, calligraphy and painting, and classical furniture. The exhibition opened on July 26, 2008 and has remained a approved exhibition at the Capital Museum anytime since.
Porcelain
China boasts a continued history of ceramics making. The Song Dynasty (960-1279) was a bang aeon afterward the Han (206 BC-220 AD) and the Tang (618-907) dynasties, if ceramics kilns were advance throughout the country and the top5kilns had altered able bounded flavors.
The exhibits in this allotment are exhaustive, including works from the top5kilns dating aback to a thousand years ago, and will be a attenuate and admirable afterimage for any ceramics lover. Porcelain from Jingdezhen, the hub of Chinese administrative ceramics during the Yuan (1271-1368) and Ming (1644-1911) dynasties, is aswell available.
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| A blue-and-white ceramics tea-pot with a phoenix-shaped aperture from Jingdezhen Kiln |
Made in: the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368)
Specifications: 18.7 centimeters high; 4 centimeters in diameter; 4.5*8.3 centimeters at the bottom
Excavation: Unearthed in the Western District, Beijing
Displayed at: the Capital Museum
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| An apply boutonniere with flower-and-bird architecture from Jingdezhen Kiln |
Made in: the administration of Emperor Yongzheng (1723-1735) of the Qing Dynasty
Specifications: 21.5 centimeters high; 3.5 centimeters in diameter;
Displayed at: the Capital Museum
