| 5,000 Years of Chinese Jade at the San Antonio Museum of Art |
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SAN ANTONIO, TX.- The San Antonio Museum of Art announces the forthcoming exhibition 5,000 Years of Chinese Jade Featuring Selections from the National Museum of History, Taiwan and the Arthur M. Sackler Collection, Smithsonian Institution. This major international exhibition organized by SAMA opens in the Museum’s Cowden Gallery on October 1, 2011. The exhibition is held in conjunction with the City of San Antonio’s yearlong celebration of Taiwan. With its broad historical approach, the exhibition provides an opportunity to experience the great breadth of Chinese history through outstanding works of art. The exhibition and accompanying catalog for 5,000 Years of Chinese Jade is arranged chronologically. Principal subjects represented in the exhibition include ritual objects, weapons, scholar’s objects, adornments and jewelry, vessels, and figural objects. The jades vary greatly in color, size, date, and func read full article
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