[MR] Mongolian Exhibit in NYC

[MaddNancy at aol.com]

>From another list:
 
Dear AIA Local Society contacts,

Yesterday I attended a press  preview for a new exhibition at the Asia 
Society, called Gilded Splendor. It  is about the Liao Empire--nomadic 
people who took over much of northern  China around A.D. 1000. It has 
about 200 objects--some amazing ones from the  tomb of Princess 
Chen--and the artifacts are all excavated from sites in  Inner 
Mongolia (not like some recent China exhibitions with lots of objects  
lacking any sort of provenance). Something like 40 of the artifacts 
have  been declared "national treasures" by China and most have never 
been seen in  North America (many never before seen outside of China).

It's a great  exhibition, but it only runs until December 31st, then 
moves on to Europe.  You should bring this to the attention of your 
society members--they won't  want to miss it. Have a look at 
www.asiasociety.org/arts/liao for more,  including virtual tours of 
some tombs. The exhibit officially opens  tomorrow.

Groups are very welcome says Nancy Blume, the head of arts  education 
for Asia Society. She runs group tours and can be reached at  
nancyb at asiasociety.org or 212-327-9237.


Mark Rose
Archaeology  magazine