Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 2004

Exhibitions Art Museum Exhibitions • Currents in Art: A Collection of Modern Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy — Gift from Prof. and Mrs. To Cho Yee took place f r om 4th June to 29th August 2004. The exhibition featured some 200 pieces of mode rn C h i n e s e p a i n t i n g s a n d calligraphy donated to the A r t Mu s e um b y Prof. and Mrs. To Cho Yee. The g i ft consisted of wo r k s b y r e n own ed calligraphers, painters, scholars, scientists, e d u c a t i on professionals, and women artists f r om mu l t i p le disciplines. Prof. To has been in service at the University over 20 years, the exhibition marked Prof. and Mrs. To's friendship w i th the featured artists. • Innovations and Creations: A Retrospect of 20th Century Porcelain from Jingdezhen was held from 9th July to 10th October 2004. The exhibition was co- organized b y the A r t Mu s e um and the Jingdezhen Ceramic Museum to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of the township of Jingdezhen, the ceramic capital of Ch i n a, a nd the 50th a n n i v e r s a ry of the Jingdezhen Ceramic Museum. The exhibition gave an overview of the efforts of Jingdezhen potters in the last century. There were roughly 200 entries which included imperial wares for the last emperor, Hongxian wares, famille rose enamels, wucai enamels, monochromes, blue and whites, and antique-type ware. The majority were selected from the collection of the Jingdezhen Ceramic Mu s eum and the rest from private and public collections in Hong Kong. • Exhibition on Chinese Export Art in the 17th to 19th Centuries took place f r om 10th September 2004 to spring 2005 in the East-wing Galleries of the A rt Museum. This small display features a variety of interesting export items during the late Ming and Qing dynasties, including blue-and-whites, armorial porcelain, Kraak porelain, lacquer ware, ivory carvings, and fans. The exhibits come f r om the A r t Mu s e um collection and donations from a member of the Friends of the Art Museum. Vase with lotus design in famille rose • Noble Riders from Pines and Deserts: The Artistic Legacy of the Qidan was held from 25th October 2004 to 20th February 2005. The Qidan were a semi-nomadic pastoral people who originated from the ancient Donghu tribes in northeastern China. In the 10th century, Yelu Abaoji founded a kingdom which was later renamed the Liao dynasty, which ruled northern China for we ll over t wo centuries (from 916 to 1125). The exhibition illustrated the important artistic developments that occurred in the steppes and in Chinese territory as a result of the Qidan conquest. The exhibits — headdress, textiles, necklaces, pendants, belts, harness and hunting accessories, utensils, and religious objects — comprise over 170 items in metal, amber, jade, agate, crystal, ceramic, and organic substances. They come p r i ma r i ly f r om private collections i n Ho ng Kong w i t h some deriving from the A rt Museum collection. A seminar accompanying the exhibition was jointly organized by the CUHK Art Museum, the CUHK Department of Fine Arts, and the Hong Kong Museum of A rt on 25th October. Necklace and wrist ornament in rock crystal and gold Silk robe with stylized floral pattern Openwork gilt copper crown News in Brief 75