From the beginning of the twentieth century, the Society of Friends of the Cernuschi Museum contributed to the rediscovery of ancient Asia through major acquisitions in the field of Chinese archeology. At the same time, the museum and the Society of Friends play a pioneering role for Asian artists active in Paris, and bring into the permanent collections modern and contemporary works from China, Japan, Vietnam and Korea.
Left photo: Bear in gilded bronze. China. Han period
Among the works donated by the Society of Friends to the museum, discover a masterpiece every week.
Through the variety of forms and techniques of these symbolic works or these everyday objects, discover like Henri Cernuschi during his great journey, the history of the great Asian civilizations embodied by China, Japan, Korea or the Vietnam, from antiquity to the present day.
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Pair of warriors
Tang dynasty (618-907), circa 640-665
China, Shaanxi or Henan
Terracotta coated with opaque glaze, cold painted decoration enhanced with gold leaf
H.48 cm; L.11,4 cm; D. 13,1 cm and H. 47,3 cm; L.12,3 cm; D.12,5 cm
MC 2006-72 and MC 2006-73
Gift of the Society of Friends of the Cernuschi Museum, 2006
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© Paris Museums / Cernuschi Museum
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