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Treasures of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
Broadcast Tue 5 Feb 2019 at 11:05pm Tuesday 5 Feb 2019 at 11:05pm Tue 5 Feb 2019 at 11:05pm
Chen Zuzhang's Olive Pit in the Form of a Boat (1737) measures just 1.6 x 3.4 x 1.4 cm. (
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Art Gallery of New South Wales curator Yin Cao says the National Palace Museum in Taipei holds some of the "best of the best" of Chinese art. Around 150 objects spanning 5,000 years have made their way to Sydney for the exhibition Heaven and Earth in Chinese Art: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei - including an intricately carved olive pit, and a sculpture of a glistening piece of pork.
Exhibition curator Yin Cao explains to Ed why this collection is so significant, and what it can teach us about Chinese art.
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Broadcast 5 Feb 2019 5 Feb 2019 Tue 5 Feb 2019 at 11:05pm
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