The wine vessel at the Met
After the Park, we went to the Met. The huge wine vessel, a gift from JP Morgan. The bugs on the bottles are so vivid.
From the Imperial Theater: Chinese Opera Costumes of the 18th and 19th Centuries is on display. So is Manus x Machina Fashion in an Age of Technology, and the Roof Garden‘s Cornelia Parker‘s barn PsychoBarn.
This Screen with birthday celebration for General Guo Ziyi is from late Qing period, by Lu Guisheng (active 1821-50); carved red and black lacquer. The inscription in the upper right indicates that the screen was made in honor of a certain General Zhen, most likely upon an important birthday, such as his sixtieth. More here
Fine details, although they look rough. L: Torso of a Bodhisattva of transcendent wisdom; R: Head of Manjushri, the Bodhisattva. Both are from Java Indoesia, abt 9th century.
This seems to be one piece: to the right side is calligraphy and the pavilion of Prince Teng during Yuan dynasty (1271-1368), but to the left, is 题跋 /preface by Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) in 1940, ??? The little sampan to the left is beautiful.
The Chinese courtyard
