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Lecture: Rocks in Chinese Culture
A slide lecture by Robert Mowry of the Sackler Museum at Harvard University.
When:
May 8, 2007 12:00am
Tuesday, May 08, 2007, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Cost: Free
Tel: (626) 405-2140
lblackburn@huntington.org
www.huntington.org
Robert Mowry of the Sackler Museum at Harvard University will give a slide lecture that explores the use of rocks in Chinese gardens, where they serve as building materials, as sculpture, and as symbolic representations of mountains. Tai Hu rocks, such as those used in the Huntington’s Chinese Garden, are among the most prized. Free. Friends’ Hall. (626) 405-2100.
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