The
Museum of Oriental Art ( , also know with
the acronym MAO) is a museum located in Palazzo Mazzonis in the city of Turin, Italy
.
The museum contains one of the most important
asian art collection in Italy.
History
The museum
was opened on December 5, 2008, with the merging of oriental
collection of Turin City Museum of Ancient
Art
and various contributions from the Turin City Hall,
the Region of Piedmont, the Giovanni Agnelli Foundation and
Compagnia di San Paolo. The first opening was visited by
around 10,000 people.
Mounting
After two
Japanese rock garden at the
entrance, on the ground floor are housed the collections from
Gandhara, India
and Southeast Asia.
On the first floor are placed the colletions of
chinese art (including
neolithic china, ceremonial bronzes and lacquers
from
Han and
Tang dynasties).The second floor is devoted to
Buddhist and
Tibetan culture.
The third
floor contains the collections coming from islamic countries like Turkey
, Iran
, Iraq
and the
Arabian Peninsula (mainly bronzes, ceramics, tiles), while in
another area of the building are housed the Japanese works (mainly statues, paintings,
lacquers).
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