Museum show abounds in horse tales

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A similar approach is also represented in a set of eight miniature ceramic horses. They are in different poses-running, scratching, turning and lowering their heads. And they wear heart-melting expressions of either innocence, curiosity or laziness. At merely 4 to 5 centimeters high, they reflect the sophisticated craftsmanship of the Minguo period (1911-49).

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This year, the museum's calendar encompasses magnificent examples of imperial art, trade culture and manufacturing history from home and abroad, says Long Xiaofei, head of the museum's curatorial and research department.

Two exhibitions will reflect upon the history of the Maritime Silk Road and the Silk Road in April and August. The display of hundreds of antiques from seven seafront provinces and cities and five provinces in Northwest China show some of the culture that sprung up around the business between East and West over several centuries.

The National Museum of Cambodia will bring relics of the Angkorian period in a showcase of the Khmer empire's incredible artistic legacies. The Palace Museum will loan its collections of paintings, furniture and artifacts from the Ningshou Palace, showing some of the mystery and inner world of Qing Emperor Qianlong.

A grand timepiece exhibition in May will trace the evolution of watch and clock making in Switzerland from the late Middle Ages. A lineup of 250 timepieces, original design manuscripts and instruments from Vacheron Constantin's corporate collections and the Geneva-based Museum of Clocks and Mechanical Instruments will be on display.