Damaged painting parts to be reunited
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May 12, 2011, Thursday
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PART of a damaged antique painting yesterday began a trip from east China's Zhejiang Province to be reunited with the other piece of the artwork in Taiwan, in a demonstration of improved cross-Strait ties.
A delivery ceremony was held at the Zhejiang Provincial Museum before "The Leftover Mountain Painting" was packed and shipped to Beijing for the first leg of its journey.
It will then be shipped from Beijing to the Taipei Palace Museum next Wednesday. The two parts will be rejoined and displayed at an exhibition co-hosted by the Taipei Palace Museum and the Zhejiang Provincial Museum from June 1 until September 25.
"The Leftover Mountain Painting" is the smaller part of the 660-year-old landscape painting "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" by famed Chinese painter Huang Gongwang, that was accidentally split in two some 300 years ago.
"The Leftover Mountain Painting" has been stored in the Zhejiang Provincial Museum in the city of Hangzhou, while the other piece of the artwork has been in the Taipei Palace Museum since 1949.
The Zhejiang museum has made great efforts to preserve its section of the painting, said Chen Hao, curator of the museum.
"The paper has been worn thin and become delicate through the ages, so the treasure could be easily damaged in exhibitions," said Chen. "We have specific requirements for the temperature, humidity and lighting at the exhibition."
The Zhejiang Provincial Museum has worked out an insurance estimate worth 150 million yuan (US$23.1 million) for the painting, Chen said.
"Dwelling in Fuchun Mountains," which is 33cm wide and 636.9cm long, was painted by Huang Gongwang between 1347 to 1350. It depicts an idealized view of the Fuchun Mountains west of Hangzhou.
Chen said, "The cross-Strait cultural communication should go both ways, and I am looking forward to an exhibition of the reunited painting on the Chinese mainland."
A delivery ceremony was held at the Zhejiang Provincial Museum before "The Leftover Mountain Painting" was packed and shipped to Beijing for the first leg of its journey.
It will then be shipped from Beijing to the Taipei Palace Museum next Wednesday. The two parts will be rejoined and displayed at an exhibition co-hosted by the Taipei Palace Museum and the Zhejiang Provincial Museum from June 1 until September 25.
"The Leftover Mountain Painting" is the smaller part of the 660-year-old landscape painting "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" by famed Chinese painter Huang Gongwang, that was accidentally split in two some 300 years ago.
"The Leftover Mountain Painting" has been stored in the Zhejiang Provincial Museum in the city of Hangzhou, while the other piece of the artwork has been in the Taipei Palace Museum since 1949.
The Zhejiang museum has made great efforts to preserve its section of the painting, said Chen Hao, curator of the museum.
"The paper has been worn thin and become delicate through the ages, so the treasure could be easily damaged in exhibitions," said Chen. "We have specific requirements for the temperature, humidity and lighting at the exhibition."
The Zhejiang Provincial Museum has worked out an insurance estimate worth 150 million yuan (US$23.1 million) for the painting, Chen said.
"Dwelling in Fuchun Mountains," which is 33cm wide and 636.9cm long, was painted by Huang Gongwang between 1347 to 1350. It depicts an idealized view of the Fuchun Mountains west of Hangzhou.
Chen said, "The cross-Strait cultural communication should go both ways, and I am looking forward to an exhibition of the reunited painting on the Chinese mainland."
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