WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1983
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GOVERNOR TO OPEN GEMS OF CHINESE ART EXHIBITION
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AN EXHIBITION WHICH IS SAID TO MARK A NEW IMPORTANT TURN IN THE HISTORY OF CULTURAL EXCHANGES BETWEEN EAST AND WEST, WILL BE HELD AT THE HONG KONG MUSEUM OF ART IN THE CITY HALL HIGH BLOCK FOR THREE MONTHS, STARTING FROM NEXT WEEK.
THE EXHIBITION, GEMS OF CHINESE ART FROM THE ASIAN ART MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO, THE AVERY BRUNDAGE COLLECTION+ WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, ON MONDAY (MAY 16) AFTERNOON.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE ASIAN ART MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO, MR YVON D'ARGENCE, WILL ALSO ATTEND THE CEREMONY AND ADDRESS THE GATHERING.
THE EXHIBITION IS JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE ASIAN ART MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO, AND CO-SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN CONSULATE-GENERAL IN HONG KONG IN COMMEMORATION OF THE URBAN COUNCIL'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY.
THE ASIAN ART MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO WAS BORN FROM THE PASSION, VISION AND GENEROSITY OF AVERY BRUNDAGE, A CHICAGO FINANCIER WHO WAS PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE FOR 20 YEARS AND ONE OF THE GREATEST COLLECTORS OF ALL TIME.
IT HOUSES ABOUT 10 000 OBJECTS, HALF OF WHICH ARE OF CHINESE ORIGIN,
SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS OF THE COLLECTION HAVE BEEN ORGANISED FOR THE UNITED STATES, JAPAN AND MEXICO, BUT THE FORTHCOMING EXHIBITION IN HONG KONG IS THE FIRST TIME THAT A SELECTION OF THE CHINESE TREASURES TRAVELS ALL THE WAY TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PACIFIC.
A TOTAL OF 135 ITEMS OF CHINESE ART HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR EXHIBITION IN HONG KONG.
THEY INCLUDE CERAMICS, JADE CARVINGS, STONE SCULPTURE, ANCIENT BRONZES, LACQUER WARES, PAINTING AND CALLIGRAPHY, AS WELL AS OTHER FORMS OF CHINESE ART REPRESENTING THE NUCLEUS OF CHINESE CULTURE OVER A PERIOD OF FIVE THOUSAND YEARS FROM THE NEOLITHIC PERIOD TO THE END OF THE QING DYNASTY.
EACH OF THE ITEMS ON DISPLAY IS A MASTERPIECE OF ITS OWN RIGHT.
PARTICULARLY NOTEWORTHY ARE THE SERIES OF HAN AND WEI TOMB MODELS AND FIGURINES, TANG THREE-COLOUR WARES, SONG MONOCHROMES, AS WELL AS MING AND QING BLUE-AND-WHITE AND ENAMELED PORCELAINS.
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