Hong Kong Heritage Museum - Chinese Art

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Ox and Cart - Han Dynasty, Scholar - Tan Dynasty, Pear Shape Vases - Yuan Dynasty
It is like a treasure when browsing the old-time Chinese art in the Hong Kong Heritage Museum.  Apart from how Hong Kong evolves from a fishing village and agricultural society to the modern time, it also houses a lot of beautiful and precious art pieces.  I am not going to talk a lot but show the art by period.  Take your time!

Mounted Musicans Northern Wei Dynasty
 Sui Dynasty

Entertainer - Tang Dynasty

 Tang Dynasty


 Song Dynasty

Covered Meiping Vases - Yuan Dynasty
 Covered Jar and Enamelled Flask-Qing Dynasty

bowl 10-13th Century
Yellow Bowl - 19 century
 
White Glass with blue floral 19th -20th Century
White Glass with green floral 19th -20th Century.
If you are interested in the entertainment history in Hong Kong, click here for a quick reading.



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Hello! Thank you so much for sharing this one. You have such an awesome post! I'll be looking forward for your other posts as well. Keep it up! This blog could really help me out with my business. Anyway, all of the designs are really one-of-a-kind and it really is worth its price. This is definitely going to be a hit for Asian art lovers. Wow! This is cool. Chinese ritual bronzes from the Shang and Western Zhou Dynasties come from a period of over a thousand years from c. 1500, and have exerted a continuing influence over Chinese art. They are cast with complex patterned and zoomorphic decoration, but avoid the human figure, unlike the huge figures only recently discovered at Sanxingdui. The spectacular Terracotta Army was assembled for the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a unified China from 221–210 BCE, as a grand imperial version of the figures long placed in tombs to enable the deceased to enjoy the same lifestyle in the afterlife as when alive, replacing actual sacrifices of very early periods. Smaller figures in pottery or wood were placed in tombs for many centuries afterwards, reaching a peak of quality in the Tang Dynasty. Another important collection hails from the estate of Charles Rose Thompson in Westfield, New Jersey. Thompson’s father, Henry Rose Thompson, an importer of Asian art and antiques and co-founder of Bollentin and Thompson Oriental Rugs, acquired the artifacts during several round-the-world trips prior to and after World War I between 1900 and 1920. The items were then left to his son, Charles Rose Thompson, who was also part owner of Bollentin and Thomposn Oriental Rugs. A graduate of Princeton University, Charles lent the extraordinary collection to the Princeton University Art Museum, however the collection has remained in his family’s possession since his death in 1975. Chinese art Boston
September 13, 2012 at 12:52 AM
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