Museum offers rare peek at ancient treasures
The National Art Museum of China is opening up its finest treasures to the public for the first time to mark the 50th anniversary of its founding.
On display are more than 800 oils, watercolors, ink paintings, calligraphic scrolls, sculptures, prints, and folk art works, paper-cuttings, clay figurines and ethnic embroidery pieces, selected from thousands of donated works.
Highlights include The Rocks and Bamboo Scroll created by Song Dynasty official-scholar Su Shi (1037-1101), along with Sun Flowers and Wild Grass by Ming Dynasty master painter Shen Zhou (1427-1509), and A Panoramic View of the Lakes and Mountains in South China, by his contemporary Tang Yin (1470-1523), all picked from 145 works of art donated by Deng Tuo (1912-1966), former general manager and editor-in-chief of People's Daily in 1964.
