20 noviembre 2007 – 13 enero 2008

Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Baur Collection

This exhibition presents the finest Chinese snuff bottles from among the 556 pieces collected by Alfred Baur, including those to be published in the 12th volume of the Catalogue of the Baur Collection, available from December 2007. This selection reflects the diversity of materials and techniques used from the end of the 17th century on in the manufacture of these delicate bottles: the silkiness of jade, the fineness of intricate scenes painted inside glass or crystal, the flamboyance of 18th-century enamels, the harmonious shades of agate, or the softness of amber. The care and attention paid by the artists is apparent as much in the balanced shapes of the bottles as it is in the skillful use of the natural colouring of each stone, or the extraordinary detail of carved and incised motifs on coral, lacquer or mother-of-pearl. This remarkable collection reveals the breadth of Chinese artistic motifs, ranging from dragons and lotuses to folktales and complex linguistic puns.

dirección

Collections Baur
rue Munier-Romilly 8
1206 Genève
fon +41 22 704 32 82
http://www.collections-baur.ch

horarios

Daily 2 p.m. - 6 p.m., closed on Monday.

descripción del Museo

This private collection, housed in a late 19th-century town house, presents a wide range of exquisite works of art acquired over a period of some 45 years by the Swiss collector, Alfred Baur (1865-1951). The permanent exhibition includes Chinese ceramics, jade and snuffs bottles from the 10th to the 19th centuries, as well as Japanese prints, lacquer, netsuke, and sword fittings from the 17th to the 20th centuries.

en el período de 10 dias
comienzo de exposiciones
finalizacion de exposiciones