Vietnam Dragon Exhibition

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The Year of Dragon - Vietnam

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The dragon has been a long time symbol of loyalty and power in Vietnamese culture and spiritual life. The sacred creature deeply influences people's activities, particularly royalty of the past.

On the occasion of the Year of Dragon, the Viet Nam National Museum of History yesterday organised a special exhibition entitled Dragon on Antiquities. The exhibit is a unique opportunity for visitors to appreciate the rich diversity of dragon images across a wide span of Vietnamese historical and cultural life.



"More than 100 typical objects representing many cities and provinces nationwide are on display in our exhibition," said Nguyen Quoc Cuong, museum director.

"For the thousand years since early civilisation, the dragon has existed in people's lives in different forms and material. Dragon on Antiquities is only a small part of our collection, but we hope that it will satisfy visitors' eyes," Cuong said.

At the showcase are many skilful carvings of dragon motifs, such as jade, jewellery, gold books, ewer and basin and silver incense burners.

museum at No 1 Trang Tien Street, Hoan Kiem District.
source : english.vietnamnet.vn


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The National Museum of Vietnamese History
is dedicated to showcasing Vietnam's history through objects and artifacts starting from the stone ages to the French colonial period. Things to find at the museum include tools, pottery, wooden imperial furniture, excavated tombs and bronze drums.
The museum is housed in a building that was built in 1932, during the French rule. It is one of Hanoi's most magnificent buildings. The building is a mixture of French colonial and Indochinese architecture.
source : ruefind.com



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. Dragons and Lotus Blossoms .
Vietnamese Ceramics from the Birmingham Museum of Art
Exhibitin January 22 - April 8, 2012


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Dragons and Lotus Blossoms

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Dragons and Lotus Blossoms:
Vietnamese Ceramics from the Birmingham Museum of Art
Exhibitin January 22 - April 8, 2012

Vietnam created the most sophisticated ceramics in Southeast Asia. Though they borrowed from China, Vietnamese potters explored their own indigenous tastes and developed their own production techniques. As early as the 1970s, members of the Asian Art Society at the Museum recognized the beauty of Vietnamese ceramics and the potential for creating a significant collection in an under-appreciated field.

The Museum quickly amassed a core group of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century blue-and-white export wares, modeled on the great blue-and-whites from the imperial kilns at Jingdezhen in China. The Museum bought more Vietnamese export wares at the rich international auctions of shipwreck materials that have revolutionized the study of Southeast Asian ceramics since the year 2000.

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