1 febrero 2008 – 4 mayo 2008

Ancient Arts from Vietnam

Bronzes and ceramics

Over the years, the Baur Collection, Museum of Far Eastern Art has committed itself to showing to the public various facets of Asian cultures, and is now pleased to present an exhibition on the arts of ancient Vietnam. For the first time in decades, an emblematic collection of Vietnamese bronze and ceramic ware, originally assembled by the Swedish archaeologist Olov Janse (1892-1985), and later divided among the collections of the Cernuschi Museum and the Guimet Museum in Paris, has once again been brought together. This ensemble is completed by a number of prestigious Dông Son bronzes from the Barbier-Mueller Museum in Geneva, as well as important loans from major Swiss private collections. The bronze vessels and objects on show present a panorama of the production in northern Vietnam and the surrounding region during the Bronze Age, from the 5th to 3rd centuries BC, while the pieces dating from the Giao Chi period reveal the intense artistic activity which developed under Chinese occupation, from the 1st to the 3rd centuries AD. A wide choice of ceramic ware reflects the growth of this art over a millennium and a half and illustrates the cultural refinement reached under the Ly (1009-1225), Trân (1226-1400) and Lê (1428-1527) dynasties.

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