Recalling the Past: A Selection of Early Chinese Art from the Victor Shaw Collection

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  • December 3, 1997 - August 31, 1998
  • Drawing on one of the finest private collections of Early Chinese art, Recalling the Past spans 4,500 years of Chinese art from the Neolithic through the Han, Tang and Song dynasties. The exhibit features diverse objects in jade, bronze, ceramic, gold and silver, and other materials - all remarkable for the exceptional quality of their manufacture and design. The objects highlight aspects of ancient Chinese civilization - notions of ritual, changing decorative motifs, the formation of national unity during the Han, the importance of the Tang in later time, and the justified fame both within China and around the world of Chinese ceramics.

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Recalling the Past: Early Chinese Art from the Victor Shaw Collection

File contains 8 comment books from the exhibit Recalling the Past: Early Chinese Art from the Victor Shaw Collection, December 3, 1997 – December 3, 1998

Dates of comment books:
Dec. 2, 1997 – Jan.29, 1998
Jan. 29 – March 24, 1998
June 10 – July 13, 1998
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MOA News: The Newsletter of the UBC Museum of Anthropology, January-April, 1998

The newsletter contains 7 articles about the museum as well as photographs, facsimiles of artworks, and general visitor information. Subjects include the exhibition Recalling the Past: A Selection of Early Chinese Art from the Victor Shaw Collection and ... »

Interim Annual Report April 1, 1998 - March 31, 1999

The report outlines the museum's activities and finances for the previous fiscal year as well as listing staff, exhibitions, public programming, events, research projects, and publications of the museum and its staff. It introduces the museum's new five-... »