The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Bowl

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A Conversation with Tan Dun: A New "Peony Pavilion" in an Old Context

Program information

Composer Tan Dun and Maxwell K. Hearn, Douglas Dillon Curator in Charge of Asian Art, discuss Tan Dun's new version of Peony Pavilion which was staged in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Astor Court. Inspired by Chinese gardens and previous versions of the Chinese opera, Tan Dun's restaged the classic kunqu opera by condensing it into four acts and presenting it within the confines of the Astor Court, a replica of a Chinese Garden.

This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Chinese Garden: Pavilions, Studios, Retreats, on view August 18, 2012–January 6, 2013.

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Bowl

Period:: Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
Date:: second half of the 12th century
Culture:: Korea
Medium:: Stoneware with inlaid decoration under celadon glaze
Dimensions:: H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Diam. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 1915
Accession Number:: 15.160.17

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