Yesterday Frank and I drove to the Cleveland Museum of Art. There we were met by my friends Gayle and Duffy to see a special exhibit called "China's Southern Paradise". The show features more than 200 objects spanning millennia from the coastal region south of the Yangzi River, an area which has long been rich in trade, craftsmanship and artistic production. Included are items from museums and private collections in the U.S., Europe, China and Japan. Cleveland's own outstanding collection of Asian art is well represented.
Here are some of the objects in the exhibit...
Bull-shaped bronze lamp (AD 25 - 220)
Stoneware funerary urn (AD 265 - 316)
Gilt silver cosmetic jar (AD 850 - 900)
Stone chimera... a feline creature with wings and horns which guarded the entrance to tombs
(AD 220 - 539)
Detail from a handscroll (1090 - 1138)
Gilt bronze "Bodhisative", an enlightened being (AD 265 - 589)
Porcelain incense burner in the form of a duck (1100 - 1200)
Stoneware vase (1200s - 1300s)
Hanging scroll with Luohan... disciples of Buddha... receiving offerings
(1178 - 1200)
Celadon porcelain jar (1300s)
Wooden table screen with mother of pearl inlays (1400s - 1500s)
Detail from a handscroll (1368 - 1644)
Seated "Guanyin", the enlightened being of compassion (1573 - 1619)
Portrait of the Qing dynasty Emperor Hongli painted by a Jesuit missionary to China.
(1736 - 1770s)
It was great to make a final visit to our wonderful museum in company with my friends.
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