"Nao with Animal Face Design," Late Shang period, 12th-11th century BCE, Hunan Provincial Museum.
In a review of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art‘s exhibition of Chinese bronzes, art historian Daniel Kany calls Along the Yangzi River: Regional Culture of the Bronze Age from Hunan “extraordinary” and goes on to write, “I don’t recall ever seeing a show in Maine with this historical depth, and I have seen few exhibitions of antiquities that are so fun or satisfying.”
Read the review in its entirety.
The show is on view through January 8, 2012.
