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Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art repatriates ancient silk manuscript to China
News article published in The Art Newspaper on May 16, 2025. The article reports on the transfer of the Zidanku silk manuscript fragments to China and places the event within a broader restitution narrative. In this exhibit, the article functions as…
National Museum of Asian Art Announces the Transfer of Ancient Manuscript Fragments to China
Official press release published by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art on May 16, 2025. The release announces that fragments of the Zidanku Silk Manuscripts were deaccessioned from the museum’s collection and formally transferred to…
Manuscript fragments found in woven bamboo case with lid (fragments now encapsulated)
Silk manuscript fragments in ink and cinnabar on silk with an associated woven bamboo case and leather components, dated by the holding institution to the Eastern Zhou dynasty (5th–3rd centuries BCE). The museum record identifies the object as…