Auspicious Bronzes in Full Glory: Photo Exhibition of the Bronze Collections from the Shanghai Museum and the Sanxingdui Museum, Guanghan, Sichuan (2021/10-12)

In 2021, the famous bronze vessels Da Ke Ding and Da Yu Ding reunited and were open to the public at the Shanghai Museum 17 years after their last reunion; Some new discoveries from No. 3-8 Pit at the mysterious Sanxingdui Ruins in Sichuan Province were revealed and the excavation was broadcast live online globally.

This autumn, the Hong Kong Baptist University Jao Tsung-I Academy of Sinology will co-organise a photo exhibition together with the Shanghai Museum and the Sanxingdui Museum, to showcase selected important bronze vessels in the format of images, including the Da Ke Ding, Jia (wine vessel) with animal mask and Zhong (chime bell) of Su, Duke of Jin from the Shanghai Museum, and the bronze portrait bust with gold mask, No. I Bronze Sacred Tree and Gold cane from the Sanxingdui Museum.

Date: 2021/10/19 – 12/31 (Mondays to Saturdays, except Public Holidays)
Time: 10:00–17:00
Venue: Jao Tsung-I Academy of Sinology, Level 7, Shaw Tower, 34 Renfrew Road, Kowloon Tong
HKBU staff and students (or holders of valid HKBU identity documents) are welcomed.
External guests: by invitation only.

Highlight images of the exhibition:

Bronze collections from the Shanghai Museum:

Click here to read detailed introductions of the following five vessels in Chinese (written by Dr. Hu Jialin, Associate Curator of the Bronze Research Department, Shanghai Museum)

Da Ke ding - Large ding (food vessel) of Ke

Sacrificial-animal-shaped Zun (wine vessel)

Pan (water vessel) of Zi Zhong Jiang

Zhong (chime bell) of Su, Duke of Jin

Yue (axe) with an elephant head and animal design

Bronze collections from the Sanxingdui Museum:

Click here to read detailed introductions of the following two vessels in Chinese (provided by the Sanxingdui Museum)

Bronze mask with protruding eyes

Bronze portrait with gold mask

As a special event for the exhibition, on 10 December, the Jao Tsung-I Academy of Sinology (JAS) invited some archaeologists to give online talks on bronze vessels and latest findings in Chinese archaeology, for the JAS Archaeology Talks series: Bronzes Special. Please click on the webinar name, to revisit the video recording and lecture summary.