113 Asian Ors on display at the Musée Guimet

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Published by · Photos by · Published on June 21th, 2017 at 05:48 p.m.
The Musée Guimet is devoting an exhibition to the use of Gold in Asia from June 21 to September 4, 2017. Adornments for Indian maharajahs, gold coins in Afghanistan or gold powder in Japan, gold can be found in 113 masterpieces, the 113 Golds of Asia!

113 Ors d'Asie are on display at the Musée Guimet, from June 21 to September 4, 2017, in a beautiful exhibition dedicated to gold. Present in Buddhist symbolism, Tantric Buddhism and, to a lesser extent, Hinduism and Jainism, the precious metal had its rightful place at the Musée national des arts asiatiques - Guimet.

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For thousands of years, gold has been considered the color of Buddha's complexion, as he is said to have appeared on Earth with a radiant body, illuminating the world and tearing the veil of ignorance.

For this presentation, the Museum focuses on tapestry and sculpture, and evokes the various uses of gold throughout Asia: gold powder used in sculptures in Japan, China and Korea, monetary issues in Kushan Afghanistan or the adornment of Indian maharajahs. In this way, 113 splendors recounts its fabulous epic through time, and in particular the reasons for the attraction and seductive power it aroused in Asia, and will return in another time to the techniques of extraction and the working of gold, for an almost complete account of this mineral!

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Practical info
113 Ors d'Asie at the Musée Guimet
From June 21 to September 4, 2017
Location: Musée Guimet
Opening hours: 10am-6pm, closed on Tuesdays
Admission: €9.5 normal rate, €7 18-25yrs, free -18yrs, RSA, disabled persons

Please note that it's been over 4 years since our last visit, so the place and experience may have changed.

Practical information

Dates and Opening Time
From June 21th, 2017 to September 4th, 2017

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    Location

    6, place d´ Iéna - 19, avenue d´ Iéna
    75116 Paris 16

    Access
    Metro line 9 "Iéna" station

    Prices
    18ans, RSA, handicapés: Free
    18-25 ans: €7
    tarif normal: €9.5

    Official website
    www.guimet.fr

    More information
    Opening hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m., closed Tuesdays

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