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Return of the Dragon

August 18, 2015 - July 17, 2016
In South Ambulatory and King Sculpture Court

Return of the Dragon

August 18, 2015 - July 17, 2016
In South Ambulatory and King Sculpture Court

Visitors of all ages will enjoy the symbols, stories, and spectacle of dragons in a new installation of works from East Asia. Dragon-themed works in a diversity of mediums—from silk scroll paintings to carved ivory and porcelain jars—are on view. Most notably, Coiling Dragon, a large bronze that has been a perennial favorite of the AMAM’s Asian collection, has returned to the sculpture court.

Dragons appear in East Asian folk tales, mythology, and all of the region’s major religious traditions. Unlike the fire-breathing, gold-hoarding, maiden-kidnapping variety in Western mythology, in East Asia the dragon is most often a positive symbol as harbinger of rain and controller of floods and storms. In imperial China, the dragon also served as the preeminent symbol of the emperor. Return of the Dragon highlights the enduring legacy of dragon imagery and symbolism in Asian art.

This exhibition was organized by Kevin R.E. Greenwood, the Joan L. Danforth Curator of Asian Art.

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Kevin R. E. Greenwood

Joan L. Danforth Curator of Asian Art

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