Power of Pattern: Hand in Hand with Technique (Saturday, January 8 – Sunday, February 13, 2022)
- Power of Pattern: Hand in Hand with Technique (cont'd)
- When the same design is rendered using different techniques, what variations can we see? Please enjoy the differences amang metalwork, laquer and ceramics with the dragon and phoenix and the peony designs.
- Meiping Style Vase with Dragon and Phoenix Design
- Jingdezhen ware
- JChina Yuan Dynasty, 14th century
Nezu Museum
- The Allure of Buddhist Art
- The Buddhist art works collected by Nezu Kaichirō, Sr. (1860–1940) form one of the pillars of the Nezu Museum collection. Examples of Gandharan and Chinese stone sculpture from his collection appear in the Entrance Hall.Gallery 3 presents a special exhibition of wooden sculptures of Buddhas with the colors and motifs applied to their surfaces in comparatively good condition.
- Standing Fudō-myōō (Acalanātha)
- Japan Kamakura period, 13th century
Nezu Museum
- Ancient Chinese Bronzes
- The Nezu Museum collection of bronzes is world-renowned, and particularly strong in the area of late Shang (17th to 11th centuries BC) dynasty vessels, the pinnacle production period of this medium.
- Double-Ram Zun
- Bronze
- China; probably Hunan province, 13-11th centuries B.C.
Nezu Museum
- One Hundred Camellias, with the Debut of House of Pleasure
- Exhibiting the One Hundred Camellias scrolls is our custom at the start of the year. This year they are joined by the unveiling of their contemporary, the House of Pleasure screen, which also dates from the early Edo period.
- House of Pleasure
- Japan Edo period, 17th century
Nezu Museum
- First Tea Gathering: Celebrating the New Year
- The first tea gathering of the year celebrates the arrival of the new year with an auspicious assemblage of tea utensils.
- Fresh Water Container with Pine, Bamboo and Plum Design
- Jingdezhen ware, shonzui type
- China Ming dynasty, 17th century
Nezu Museum
- Decorated Clock
- This splendid Qing dynasty clock, a favorite of the Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), is not to be missed.
- Clock Decorated with a Bird on a Cup
- England, 18th century
Nezu Museum