An ancient Chinese owl ship tragically suffered an accident at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) on April 8 when a visitor tripped inside the museum. Eternal offerings: Chinese ritual bronzes exposure. No visitors or staff were injured. A spokesperson for the museum said Hyperallergic that the owl has been damaged and will be repaired.
The artifact is a zuna bronze vessel for wine from the Shang dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BCE), China’s earliest period The Bronze Age.
The character’s head can be removed from their body to reveal a hollow vessel. There is a some others Shang dynasty zun owls in the world, and although more standard vase-shaped exist, other zuns are sculpted to look like animals such as the elephants And boars.
Aristocrats used the vessels in ceremonies to honor their ancestors. Mia’s exhibit, on view through May 21, showcases more than 150 ancient Chinese bronze vessels in an immersive show meant to simulate these ritual ceremonies. The display, designed by Hollywood designer Tim Yip (who won an Oscar for the 2001 film Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon), includes projections of an altar, the Yellow River, and the sky, and bronze shards hanging from the museum’s ceiling.
Since the accident, the museum has placed another ancient vessel in place of the owl – a majestic bronze winged dragon.
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