The Brooklyn Museum began its focused collecting of Chinese art in 1909, when it received a gift of
The Brooklyn Museum began its focused collecting of Chinese art in 1909, when it received a gift of one of the most important collections of cloisonné outside of China. Over the course of more than a century the Museum has amassed a collection of nearly 1,000 objects spanning more than 5,000 years that reveals the diversity of Chinese art and culture. See them on view in our newly reopened Arts of Asia galleries.Ewer (Hu). China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736-95). Cloisonné enamel on copper alloy Gift of Samuel P. Avery, 09.598 -- source link
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