MIHO MUSEUM Shangri-La vol.9

Spring Season

Friday, March 15 through Sunday, June 9, 2002

Throughout the spring, objects from the Miho Museum Ancient Glass Collection, which was first publicly displayed at a special exhibition last year, will be presented in the Egyptian and the Greek and Roman Galleries along with new objects in the West Asian, South Asian, and Chinese Galleries. We hope you enjoy the brilliant spring in the South Hall of the Museum. The glass works on display will be changed seasonally.

Head of Pharaoh
Egypt
c. 1400-1350 B.C.

Crowned Standing Buddha
Thailand/Cambodia, 12th century

Copper Cup with Animal and Plant Motif
South Iran, circa 3000 B.C.

1st exhibition: Friday, March 15 through Sunday, March 31, 2002
2nd exhibition: Saturday, May 25 through Sunday, June 9, 2002

The first exhibition, centered on Buddhist artworks that have connections with Nara and Tôdai-ji Temple, includes the Illustrated Scroll of the Sutra of Cause and Effect and Gigaku masks. A treasured Yôhen Tenmoku Tea Bowl will be exhibited along with art objects including a Hinomaru Tray and a sacred water scoop used during the Shunie prayers for prosperety at the Nigatsu-dô Hall of Tôdai-ji Temple in the Tea Ceremony display. In the Annex, inkstones, writing tables, and other lacquer objects related to Tenjin, the god of scholarship, will be shown.

The second exhibition, “The Beauty of Lacquer,” will feature lacquerware in makie and negoro, while Kenzan ceramics will be the focus of the Tea Ceremony display.


	Illustrated Scroll of the Sutra of Cause and Effect, Volume 4 Nara Period (8th century)

Garuda Gigaku Mask
Nara Period (8th century)

Nigatsu-dô Hall Tray
Kamakura Period (13th century)

Water Flask with Grapes in Makie and Mother-of-Pearl Inlay
Momoyama Period (16th century)

Kenzan Tea Bowl with Pine Trees
Edo Period (18th century)