Rare artefacts from China here for exhibition
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Main exhibition hall of "Fujians: The Blue Ocean Legacy" exhibition at Marina Bay Sand's ArtScience Museum. The exhibition, which is jointly put up by the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan and MBS, showcases the seafaring legacy of the Fujian people. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
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A 13th century stone carving of two Chinese fairies holding a Christian Cross on a lotus flower. It shows early Christian influence in China. The carving is a "first class cultural relic" under Chinese laws. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
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Another 13th century stone carving showing Chinese fairies holding a Christian Cross on a lotus flower. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
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A 13th century stone carving from a Hindu temple column that was unearthed in Quanzhou, China. It shows the early influence of Hinduism in China. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
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A 13th century Christian tombstone. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
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A white porcelain ceramic work by famed 16th century potter He Chaozong who was regarded as a master sculptor. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
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A 16th century porcelain plate with phoenix and peony flower patterns. Such porcelain is known as Kraak porcelain, named after the Portuguese ships (carracks) that took porcelain wares from China to Europe. A "first class cultural relic". -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
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The 1828 land title deed issued by the British East India Company for the purchase of land to build the Thian Hock Keng Temple. It is believed to be the oldest surviving land title deed in Singapore. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
Main exhibition hall of "Fujians: The Blue Ocean Legacy" exhibition at Marina Bay Sand's ArtScience Museum. The exhibition, which is jointly put up by the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan and MBS, showcases the seafaring legacy of the Fujian people. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
A 13th century stone carving of two Chinese fairies holding a Christian Cross on a lotus flower. It shows early Christian influence in China. The carving is a "first class cultural relic" under Chinese laws. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
Another 13th century stone carving showing Chinese fairies holding a Christian Cross on a lotus flower. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
A 13th century stone carving from a Hindu temple column that was unearthed in Quanzhou, China. It shows the early influence of Hinduism in China. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
A 13th century Christian tombstone. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
A white porcelain ceramic work by famed 16th century potter He Chaozong who was regarded as a master sculptor. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
A 16th century porcelain plate with phoenix and peony flower patterns. Such porcelain is known as Kraak porcelain, named after the Portuguese ships (carracks) that took porcelain wares from China to Europe. A "first class cultural relic". -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
The 1828 land title deed issued by the British East India Company for the purchase of land to build the Thian Hock Keng Temple. It is believed to be the oldest surviving land title deed in Singapore. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
The Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan (SHHK) and Marina Bay Sands (MBS) have teamed up to organise an exhibition that showcases the seafaring legacy of the Fujian people.
The exhibition will feature rare artefacts from China including several "First Class Cultural Relics" that are protected under Chinese laws. They include 13th-century stone carvings which show early Islamic, Christian and Hindu influence in China, and a 16th century Ming Dynasty porcelain plate that is 0.5m wide. Some artefacts have left China for the first time to be exhibited in Singapore.
Also among the over 600 exhibits are never-seen-before items from the clan's own collection such as a calligraphy bestowed on its Thian Hock Keng temple by Emperor Guang Xu in 1907, and its 1828 land title deed when it bought land from the British East India Company to build the temple.
Called Fujians: The Blue Ocean Legacy, the exhibition opens at MBS' ArtScience Museum this Saturday. It is part of the 7th World Fujian Convention which the huay kuan is hosting.
