Tag Archives: Ashmolean

The Tale of Prince Vessantara

Posted on May 10, 2018 by felicitasd

Exhibition dates: 27 March to 9 September 2018 Gallery 29 | Admission Free The current display in the Eastern Art Paintings Gallery (Gallery 29) highlights the Vessantara Jataka, the most popular story in the Buddhist world. It explores how the … Continue reading →

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Qu Leilei: A Chinese Artist in Britain at the Ashmolean

Posted on April 3, 2018 by felicitasd

Exhibition dates:  7 November 2017 – 15 April 2018 Gallery 11 | Admission Free Qu Leilei: A Chinese Artist in Britain is a retrospective of the contemporary artist Qu Leilei on display at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford until the … Continue reading →

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New temporary display of works by Xu Bing

Posted on March 2, 2018 by felicitasd

From 2 March Gallery 10 | Admission Free Xu Bing (b.1955, Chongqing, Sichuan) is a leading contemporary artist from China renowned for works of art that explore language. To mark his visit to Oxford in March for the 2018 Oxford … Continue reading →

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Object Spotlight: Japanese gunpowder flask with figures in Portuguese dress

Posted on November 9, 2017 by clarep

                    This lacquered wood gunpowder flask (kayaku-ire) was produced in Japan. It is artistic in form but with an important practical use. The flask gives a useful insight into a fascinating … Continue reading →

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Persian and Indian Playing Cards

Posted on November 2, 2017 by francescal

Card games are amongst the most popular games in the world. Tracing the history of playing cards however is difficult, due to their perishable nature and ephemeral quality. It is believed that playing cards originated in China, later spreading westward … Continue reading →

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