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Overseas Exhibitions of Chinese Cultural Relics: A Compendium

574 exhibitions at 138 museums and 762 documented appearances of objects in exhibitions for ancient Chinese artifacts. Every record cites its source for item-by-item checking, and the highlights use only genuine images publicly licensed by the museums.

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574Exhibitions 138Museums 17Countries/regions 762Objects exhibited (appearances)172Reviews 373Exhibition Highlights

Exhibition Highlights

373 objects in 4 groups, up to 100 per group. Only objects with genuine official images, display permission, an official collection link and a documented exhibition record are included.

Museums

All The Cleveland Museum of Art99 Art Institute of Chicago43 Tokyo National Museum26 京都国立博物馆19 Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art13 Harvard Art Museums1

Dating

Northern Song13 Southern Song16 Dating to be verified19

Ranked by importance, not by date　·　19 objects

№ 1

Dating to be verifiedLongquan Celadon Incense Burner Longquan ware京都国立博物馆　G甲472 Loan dates 2012-01-21 – 2017-12-03
Loan records 6 № 2

Dating to be verifiedJian Hare's Fur Tenmoku Tea Bowl in Black Glaze京都国立博物馆　G甲221 Loan dates 2014-04-19 – 2025-03-16
Loan records 5 № 3

Dating to be verifiedBowl with Lotus Petals, Longquan ware京都国立博物馆　G甲572 Loan dates 2022-03-01 – 2027-05-16
Loan records 3 № 4

Dating to be verifiedCizhou Flask with Engraved Peonies in Black Glaze京都国立博物馆　G甲159 Loan dates 2010-04-07 – 2010-05-30
Loan records 2 № 5

Dating to be verifiedLongquan Celadon Jar with Ribbed Relief京都国立博物馆　G甲193 Loan dates 2012-01-21 – 2012-08-26
Loan records 2 № 6

Dating to be verifiedYaozhou Celadon Bowl with Impressed Design of Peonies and Chinese Boys京都国立博物馆　G甲224 Loan dates 2010-04-07 – 2010-05-30
Loan records 2 № 7

Dating to be verifiedHare's Fur Tenmoku Tea Bowl in Green Glaze京都国立博物馆　G甲230 Loan dates 2015-04-04 – 2019-12-08
Loan records 2 № 8

Dating to be verifiedLongquan Celadon Spittoon京都国立博物馆　G甲269 Loan dates 2012-01-21 – 2012-08-26
Loan records 2 № 9

Dating to be verifiedPrunus Vase with Peony Arabesques京都国立博物馆　G甲591 Loan dates 2022-03-01 – 2027-05-16
Loan records 2 № 10

Dating to be verifiedSquare Dish with Stylized Floral Design, Ganwa ware京都国立博物馆　G甲605 Loan dates 2022-03-01 – 2027-05-16
Loan records 2 № 11

Dating to be verifiedBowl, Jun ware京都国立博物馆　G甲616 Loan dates 2022-03-01 – 2027-05-16
Loan records 2 № 12

Dating to be verifiedDecorative Fitting with Dragon and Clouds京都国立博物馆　E甲254 Loan dates 2026-05-26 – 2026-07-20
Loan records 1 № 13

Dating to be verifiedQingbai (Clear Blue) Porcelain Sutra Container京都国立博物馆　G甲211 Loan dates 2020-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Loan records 1 № 14

Dating to be verifiedCizhou Tenmoku Tea Bowl in Black Glaze with Rim in White Slip京都国立博物馆　G甲232 Loan dates 2017-10-03 – 2017-12-03
Loan records 1 № 15

Dating to be verifiedQingbai (Clear Blue) Porcelain Jar with Four Lugs京都国立博物馆　G甲237 Loan dates 2014-04-19 – 2014-06-01
Loan records 1 № 16

Dating to be verifiedJian Hare's Fur Tenmoku Tea Bowl in Black Glaze京都国立博物馆　G甲238 Loan dates 2017-10-03 – 2017-12-03
Loan records 1 № 17

Dating to be verifiedJian Hare's Fur Tenmoku Tea Bowl in Black Glaze京都国立博物馆　G甲264 Loan dates 2026-07-11 – 2026-09-06
Loan records 1 № 18

Dating to be verifiedTenmoku Tea Bowl, Chayang ware京都国立博物馆　G甲542 Loan dates 2023-12-21 – 2024-05-06
Loan records 1 № 19

Dating to be verifiedSmall Covered Wide-Mouth Jar京都国立博物馆　G甲579 Loan dates 2027-03-13 – 2027-05-16
Loan records 1

“Dating to be verified” means the HDCM dating field spans periods or is disputed. An object that has codes in both the Northern and Southern Song databases is shown only once; this does not mean the identities have been confirmed as one. Image sources and licenses are on each detail page.