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The Groninger Museum presents the exhibition 'Dragons & Demons - 5000 Years of Asian Ceramics from the Anders Collection'.

The Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics in Leeuwarden presents the exhibition 'Porcelain Fever: the white gold of Augustus the Strong and Madame de Pompadour'.

In a global first, the resilience and innovation of 19th-century China is revealed in a major new exhibition. The exhibition is underpinned by a four-year research project supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and led by the British Museum and London University, in collaboration with over 100 scholars from 14 countries.

The Three Teachings, or Three Teachings in Harmony (三敎合一 Sānjiào Héyī), refer to the three main beliefs in China: Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism. To this day they co-exist in harmony, often practised simultaneously, even overlapping in certain areas. Together they reflect the long history, mutual influence and even complementary teaching of these belief systems. Each practice has dominated or risen to favour during certain periods of time. Chinese emperors sometimes preferred one of the teachings and the others would temporarily fall out of favour, but re-emerge again at a later date. One of the earliest references to this Trinitarian idea is attributed to Li Shiqian, a 6th century scholar, who wrote that “Buddhism is the sun, Daoism the moon, and Confucianism the five planets.” – meaning they are separate entities but coexist in harmony.

Kunst en antiek komen dichterbij dan ooit; stukken worden in detail bekeken en toegelicht en u krijgt informatie over de waardeontwikkeling van objecten. Het gaat in deze cursus niet alleen over kennis, maar zeker ook over de liefde voor oude kunst & antiek! Lees gauw verder voor meer informatie.