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Tribune News Network
Doha
FOLLOWING its unprecedented success as part of the Qatar-Japan, Qatar-UK, Qatar-Brazil and Qatar-Turkey Years of Culture, the internationally-acclaimed exhibition 'Pearls, Treasures from the Seas and the Rivers' has opened in Beijing, China, as one of the highlights of the Qatar-China 2016 Year of Culture.
On show at the National Museum of China in Beijing, the large-scale exhibition is jointly presented by Qatar Museums (QM), the Ministry of Culture of China and the National Museum of China, and will be open from September 27, 2016, to January 8, 2017.
'Pearls, Treasures from the Seas and the Rivers' is the first international exhibition introduced by the National Museum of China, with a focus on the history, legend, mythology and meaning of pearls from Qatar, China and around the world. Around 130 rare and beautiful pieces from the QM collection, as well as a spectacular Imperial masterpiece from the National Museum of China's own collection are on show, providing visitors with a rare opportunity to see one of the finest collections of pearl jewellery in the world.
Under the guidance of Qatar Museums' Chairperson HE Sheikha al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani and National Museum of China's Director Lu Zhangshen, the exhibition is a highlight of the Qatar-China 2016 Year of Culture initiative, which aims to celebrate, strengthen and enhance cultural relationships and mutual understanding between China and Qatar, and to build upon the long, shared history of cultural and diplomatic relations between both countries.
The exhibition is co-curated by pearl expert, Dr Hubert Bari. Divided into six parts with over a dozen themes, the exhibition presents 'The Natural History of Pearls', 'Pearls in the Arabian Gulf', 'Pearls in the History', 'Natural Freshwater Pearls', 'Pioneers of the Cultured Pearls' and 'Cultivating Pearls in Chinese Ways'. 'Pearls in the History' is the largest part of the exhibition. It presents masterpieces of exquisite pearl jewellery since the European Medieval period.
