ITALIAN ANTIQUITIES GO TO CHINA
“She Walks in Beauty – Women of the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire” is the theme title, taken from poem by Lord Byron, for a “first” showing in China of some 150 treasures from the collections of the Civic Museums of Roma Capitale. The exhibition opened on the 15th June 2024 and will run until the 7th October 2024 at the museum of Changsha, in the Hunan Province, visited by an average 15,000 people per day.
The exhibition opens with the celebrated sculpture of the veiled Roman matron from the Centrale Montemartini museum and introduces the role of women in Ancient Roman society. Other major exhibits include the 1st century Sarcophagus of the Amazons, featuring scenes of the warrior women, a statue of the Empress Livia, influential wife of Augustus, and busts of various women who made their mark in Ancient Roman society, exhibited alongside the important discoveries from the local Chinese Mawaangdui tomb, dating back to the Han dynasty, and includes the mummified body of the noblewoman Dai, perfectly preserved after 2,200 years, that is part of the Changsha collection.
The exhibition is promoted by the Culture Department of Roma Capitale, Superintendency of Cultural Heritage and is sustained by the Italian Embassy and the Italian Institute of Culture at Peking. Afterwards the exhibition will be transferred to other major Chinese cities, such as Chengdu, Shenzhen and Shenyang.
The exhibition is part of the commemorations of the 700th anniversary of the death of Marco Polo.
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