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Dr Rose Kerr on Zhenwu, the Dark Warrior: Daoist beliefs and imagery in China

On Tuesday 27 September we hosted a lecture by Dr Rose Kerr (Former Keeper of East Asian Art, Victoria and Albert Museum) titled “Zhenwu, the Dark Warrior: Daoist beliefs and imagery in…

29 September 2016

China, Collections, RAS Lecture Series
Muhaqqaq: Furthering the Aesthetic of Faith.

Dr. Nassar Mansour, who was visiting London teaching a special class in calligraphy at the Prince’s School of Traditional Arts, graciously consented to give a lecture on the 24th August to the…

8 September 2016

Book Launches, Chinese Art, Exhibitions, Sufism
Zhenwu, the Perfected Warrior: RAS receives loan from Horniman Museum

We are very pleased that, courtesy of the Horniman Museum, we have received a statue on loan to exhibit in our Reading Room until 6 December. The object in question is a…

1 September 2016

China, Collections, Loans, RAS Lecture Series