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Monday, 20 October 2014 14:47

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Exhibits Imperial Objects from Beijing’s Palace Museum

Palace Museum, Beijing. Palace Museum, Beijing.

A window on the private world of China’s Ming and Qing emperors opens october 18, when some 200 works — portraits, costumes, and palace furnishings such as bronzes, lacquerware, and jade—drawn from the holdings of the Palace Museum in Beijing go on view at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The exhibition surveys the seminal role of imperial rituals and religion in the Forbidden City, along with hidden aspects of court life from the mid 14th through early 19th centuries.

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