Permanent display
Closing soon
Radiant & Eternal: Chinese Jades From The Permanent Collection
23 Apr 2022 — 13 Nov 2022 at Crocker Art Museum
· Sacramento
Radiant & Eternal: Chinese Jades From The Permanent Collection brings together a selection of jade works from the Crocker Art Museum's holdings, offering visitors a close look at one of China's most revered materials.
Jade has occupied a central place in Chinese culture for thousands of years, prized for its beauty, durability, and deep symbolic meaning. This exhibition highlights the range of forms, periods, and craftsmanship represented in the Crocker's collection, from ancient ritual objects to finely carved decorative pieces.
Presented in 2022, the display invites audiences to reflect on the enduring significance of jade as a material that bridges the earthly and the divine in Chinese artistic and philosophical tradition.
Jade has occupied a central place in Chinese culture for thousands of years, prized for its beauty, durability, and deep symbolic meaning. This exhibition highlights the range of forms, periods, and craftsmanship represented in the Crocker's collection, from ancient ritual objects to finely carved decorative pieces.
Presented in 2022, the display invites audiences to reflect on the enduring significance of jade as a material that bridges the earthly and the divine in Chinese artistic and philosophical tradition.
About the venue
Crocker Art Museum
· Sacramento
The Crocker Art Museum is the oldest art museum in the Western United States, located in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1885, the museum holds one of the premier collections of Californian art. The collection includes American works dating from the Gold Rush to the present, European paintings…