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		•Harmonizing With the Infinite: Seattle Collects Chinese Art Part II: November 15, 2001 - April 7, 2002
			This exhibition of approximately 30 to 40 pieces is designed to display a selection of the finest works of Chinese art from old and new private collections in the Seattle area. The majority of these works, ranging in style from the traditional to unorthodox, are paintings and calligraphy, while sculpture, ceramics, furniture, and even photographs also constitute an important part of Seattle¹s Chinese art collections. The authors of the calligraphic works also range broadly, from an unidentified Huangbo-sect Buddhist recluse to figures whose historical importance outranks their artistry, like government commissioner Lin Zexu, who triggered the first Opium War in 1839, and Chen Duxiu, co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party in the 1921.
		•Tangible Grace: Chinese Furniture from the Museum Collection July 26, 2001 - August 11, 2002
			Fashioned from wood and lacquer, the stately yet subtle line of furniture from the Museum¹s permanent collection will be on display. These select pieces graced household interiors and studios dating to the last several hundred years of Imperial China.
		•A Thousand Years of Beauty: Japanese Art in Seattle July 26, 2001 - November 17, 2002
			SAM celebrates its rich heritage of Japanese art with magnificent painting, sculpture, lacquerware, textiles, and ceramics dating from 1000 to 2000 A.D. from the museum's permanent collection and from private collections in Seattle.
		•Signs of Fortune, Symbols of Immortality Ongoing
			The exhibition consists of screens, hanging scrolls and folk textiles drawn from the museum collection as well as private collections in Seattle. Among the paintings on view is a pair of six-fold screens that present a multitude of crows engaged in various activities against a gold background and a pair of six-fold screens by Suzuki Shônen (1849-1918), dated 1900. Some of the other works included in the exhibition are: a 16th-century screen of Daoist immortals, Bamboo and Plum by Yamamoto Baiitsu (1783-1856), Mount Hôrai by Hine Taizan (1813-1869), a colorful landscape by Hirai Baisen (1889-1969), and a 19th-century coverlet in kimono form (yogi)decorated with a design of a hare on waves.
		•In Pursuit of Green: Celadon in China Ongoing
			This installation traces the development of green-glazed wares in China from its inception to its aesthetic zenith in the 13th and 14th centuries. The emergence of green-glazed wares during the Shang dynasty (ca. 1600-1030 BC) marked a revolutionary change from low-fired to high-fired ceramics. For nearly 3000 years, green-glazed wares remained the favorite type of ceramics in Chinese tradition and exerted great influence on ceramic traditions in Korea and Japan.
		• Wonders of Clay and Fire: Chinese Ceramics through the Ages Continuing indefinitely
			This survey of Chinese ceramic history from the 6th millennium BC to the 15th century AD is represented by nearly 300 stunning examples from two major private collections. The collection of Jiurutang, Hall of Nine Fulfillments, is a first-rate assemblage of Chinese ceramics prior to the 15th century. The collection of Jinglexuan, Studio of Serene Pleasure, concentrates on objects from the 11th - 15th century, when China became synonymous with porcelain.
		•Vietnamese Ceramics Continuing indefinitely (began February 9, 2001)
			An exhibit of recently acquired Vietnamese ceramics, 15th - 16th century. Objects displayed were purchased by the museum in fall 2000 and are from a set of 150,000 complete ceramic items and thousands of fragments salvaged from a large shipwreck near the coast of Hoi An discovered in 1993.
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