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		•Hirado Porcelain of Japan November 2, 2000 - July 8, 2001
			The exhibit features porcelain from the Kurtzman Family Collection.
		•Treasures from a Lost Civilization: Ancient Chinese Art from Sichuan May 10 - August 12, 2001
			This exhibition is the first comprehensive and in-depth survey of the ancient art of Sichuan Province, located in southwestern China. It features 127 major works of art made of bronze, jade, and clay, the three dominant media for artistic expression in ancient China. Included are fantastic bronze images of supernatural beings, lively human figures, exquisitely cast bronze ritual vessels, finely honed knives and daggers of bronze and jade, and a monumental bronze prancing horse. Dating from the 13th-century B.C. to the 3rd-century A.D., they are among the most unusual and spectacular works of art produced anywhere in the ancient world, and most of them will be shown for the first time in the United States.
		•In Pursuit of Green: Celadon in China Ongoing
			The emergence of green-glazed wares during the Shang dynasty (ca. 1600-1030 B.C.) marked a revolutionary change from low-fired to high-fired ceramics. For nearly three thousand years, green-glazed wares remained the favorite type of ceramics in Chinese tradition and exerted great influence on ceramic traditions in Korea and Japan. Greater in strength and impervious to liquid, the technique dramatically expanded the usage of pottery as practical utensil, and its shiny, greenish glaze offered a fresh aesthetic appeal. This installation traces the development of green-glazed wares in China from its inception to its aesthetic zenith in the 13th and 14th centuries.
		Kiln Art for Palaces, Priests, and the Proletariat: Korean Ceramics of the Koryo and Choson Periods Ongoing
			Ink paintings by three major Korean artists of the 19th century have been incorporated into the ongoing installation of selected works from the museum and from local private collections.
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