The exhibition is entitled “Splendor of the Han, Rise of the Celestial Empire”.
Twenty seven museums across China have generously lent artworks for the duration of the exhibition. Masterpieces created in jade, terracotta, bronze, ceramic and lacquer-ware reveal the extraordinary funerary practices and beliefs harbored by populations of the Han dynasty across the fringes of the Steppe and the Silk Road.
Eric Lefebvre is the curator of the exhibition: