"Early Chinese Metalwork in Gold and Silver; Works of Art of the Ming and Qing Dynasties" Exhibition
The Ukrainian Institute of America, Inc.
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Rare and luxurious articles made for emperors, courtiers and scholars are the focus of the gallery’s 15th annual New York exhibition. Among them is a parcel-gilt silver box and cover in the form of a melon surmounted by a bushy-tailed squirrel holding a bunch of grapes. The work was acquired in Shanghai by collector/dealer Walter Hochstadter in the 1950s. A Ming period rhinoceros horn libation cup, carved in the shape of a hibiscus flower with a dragon clambering up its stem, is inscribed with a date corresponding to 1582 and a poem referring to two of the legendary seven sages of the bamboo grove, Ji and Ruan. Also in rhinoceros horn is a figural carving of Bodhidharma from the late Ming or early Qing period.
[Image: "Carved Jade Cup" Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, 18th century, Maximum width: 12.4cm, Diameter of bowl: 9.7cm]
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Schedule
from March 15, 2011 to March 26, 2011
Monday - Sunday: 10:00-18:30