In Transit Blog: In Hong Kong, a Glittering Exhibition

Written By Unknown on Rabu, 08 Januari 2014 | 17.35

Newly minted Chinese millionaires may be rushing to buy Chinese art, but the Mengdiexuan family of Hong Kong has already assembled a brilliant collection all its own: hundreds of astonishing pieces from 1500 B.C. to the 18th century.

Now that collection is on display in the art museum at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The holdings include ancient gold objects found in the Eurasian steppes, from personal ornaments to accessories for belts, chariots and horse harnesses. There are also elaborate headdresses of hammered gold with sinuous snakes, eagles, stags and tiger motifs.

Some of the horses in the gold artifacts on display are quite literal likenesses, but there are also winged horses and a hammered gold plaque of a hunter on horseback with an elaborate turban and his bow drawn back.

The exhibition, called Radiant Legacy: Chinese Gold from the Mengdiexuan Collection, runs through through Jan. 14.

Admission is free.


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