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Exhibit: Treasures Rediscovered: Chinese Stone Sculptures from the Sackler Collections at Columbia University

This exhibition features 23 sculptures that for the first time can be ascribed to specific Buddhist sites such as Xiangtanshan, Longmen and Tianlonghsan. The sculptures — steles, full figures, and heads of divinities, as well as funerary objects — provide a comprehensive view of how art manifests ritual practice and reveals, through iconography, the transmission and transformation of cultures from the Han Dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE) through the Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE). The exhibition will explore both indigenous and imported trends during the period. Emphasis will be placed on works from the sixth century CE, a time of intellectual ferment and artistic creation, when change and innovation occurred in political and Buddhist centers in China. Gallery Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday and 10 am-10 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Sunday hours are 12-5 p.m.

Dates: May 23, 2009 - August 16, 2009

Cost: Free

Location: U-M Museum of Art

Sponsored by: Center for Chinese Studies and others

Phone: 764-0395

URL: http://umma.umich.edu

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