Starting from today (July 22), the "Cruising the Universe: Fantastic Animals in the Arts of China" exhibition is being staged at the Hong Kong Museum of Art. The exhibition features about 180 artefacts including ceramics, jade, glass, bamboo and metal wares, enabling visitors to explore the organic evolution of animal representation in Chinese traditional arts and crafts, customs, religious rituals, myths, legends and intellectual culture. The photo shows one of the exhibits, a pilgrim's flask with a phoenix design in sancai glaze from the Tang dynasty. |