Sichuan treasures in ancient China on display in Rome's Mercati di Traiano

Mercati di Traiano presents the exhibition Mortali Immortali, treasures from Sichuan in ancient China, previously hosted at MAN in Naples . On display from March 26 to Oct. 18, the exhibition features bronze, gold, jade and terracotta artifacts dating from theBronze Age (2nd millennium B.C.) to theHan era (2nd century A.D.) from major Chinese institutions.

The exhibition is carried out under the guidance of theSichuan Provincial Bureau of Culture and sponsored by theEmbassy of the People’s Republic of China in Italy. The intent of the Exhibition is to introduce the evocative features of the culture of the Shu people, told through their most significant objects, such as the mysterious bronze masks from the archaeological excavations at the Sanxingdui site.

The exhibition project focuses on two main themes enclosed in an evocative overview. The first is that devoted to the “religious culture of the state of Shu,” the spiritual world of a very ancient civilization devoted to sun worship and sacrificial activities, understood as a means of communication between the human and the divine. The second describes “the daily life of the Shu people,” their economic and social development through “portraits on brick,” or bas-relief representations of deities and mortals from the Han Dynasty, clay figurines of people and animals, lacquered wooden vessels and various objects from the excavation areas.

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Sichuan treasures in ancient China on display in Rome's Mercati di Traiano

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