Word: sanxingdui
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...majestic staircase that leads to an upper-floor gallery decorated with bronze Japanese animals. Cernuschi's smoking room, too, has been recreated as a memorial to him. But months after the official June opening, some exhibits - Shang dynasty daggers and ax heads; a bronze mask, perhaps from the important Sanxingdui find; and Tang ceramics - were still without identification labels. And the collection itself is uneven, though the true masterpieces are carefully set apart from the more mundane offerings. Still, it is tempting to go through the museum wondering what Cernuschi and the curators who followed him could - or should - have...
...months after the official June opening, some exhibits-Shang dynasty daggers and ax heads; a bronze mask, perhaps from the important Sanxingdui find; and Tang ceramics-were still without identification labels. And the collection itself is uneven, though the true masterpieces are carefully set apart from the more mundane offerings. Still, it is tempting to go through the museum wondering what Cernuschi and the curators who followed him could-or should-have bought. Calligraphy from the Han dynasty? Silver and gold ornaments from the Tang dynasty...
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