South China Sea museum set to open
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A national museum for the South China Sea is set to open in March with a wide range of antiques collected from China and abroad, the museum’s preparatory office in south China’s Hainan Province said yesterday.
Ten valuable ceramic pieces were donated to the museum yesterday by two Chinese companies that purchased them at an auction in New York in September.
The ceramics, including dainty vases, incense holders, drinking vessels, dishes, cups and saucers from the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, had been in a collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art before they were bought by Hainan Zose Group and Evergrande Tourism Group.
Noted antique appraiser Lu Chenglong, from Beijing’s Palace Museum, said the ceramics had very high artistic value.
“They are valuable pieces to be housed by the South China Sea Museum,” Lu said.
In addition, the museum’s preparatory office has received 832 antiques donated by fishermen in Tanmen Township of Qionghai City, where the museum is being built.
Among the donations are old compasses, logbooks and ceramics from different dynasties retrieved by fishermen on the South China Sea.
The newest items are more than 100 years old and the oldest date back to the Northern and Southern Dynasties (420-581), said Xie Haishan, an appraiser based in Guangdong Province.
Most of them were produced in China, while others came from Southeast Asia and Europe, he said.
These antiques provide valuable clues to researchers about trade and cultural exchanges along the ancient maritime Silk Road, said museum official Zhang Jianping.
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