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Chinese institutions work with the Metropolitan for groundbreaking exhibition

'Age of Empires' explores the art of the Qin and Han dynasties

Pac Pobric
1 March 2017
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A kneeling archer excavated from the Qin Emperor’s mausoleum. (Photo: Courtesy Qin Shihuangdi Mausoleum Site Museum, Lintong)

A kneeling archer excavated from the Qin Emperor’s mausoleum. (Photo: Courtesy Qin Shihuangdi Mausoleum Site Museum, Lintong)

In a remarkable cultural exchange, 32 institutions in China are lending more than 160 objects to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for a show exploring the Qin and Han dynasties. Age of Empires: Chinese Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties (3 April-16 July), which covers around 440 years of history, examines the development of a cohesive Chinese Han ethnic identity in light of recent scholarship and archaeological digs conducted in the past 50 years. The show opens with a group of the celebrated terracotta warriors that guarded the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China.

ExhibitionsAntiquities & ArchaeologyChinese artMetropolitan Museum of ArtArt historyQin DynastyHan Dynasty
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