Feb
08

“Seasons: Tea”

“Seasons: Tea”—Freer Gallery, through March 4, 2012

To highlight its permanent collection, the museum presents “Seasons,” a series of rotating exhibitions that underscores the importance of the seasons in Chinese and Japanese art and culture. In this exhibition, a dozen examples show how tea utensils embody changes in weather.

Image courtesy of the Freer Gallery of Art


Posted: 8 February 2011
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