The Pillsbury owl from Mia's collection. Photo courtesy of the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Every museum visitor’s worst nightmare is accidentally falling into a priceless masterpiece or knocking over a precious artifact. Unfortunately, this terror came true last month for one unlucky visitor at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, who tripped and damaged an ancient ChineseThe charming bronze, which dates from the 12th or 13th century B.C.E, is known as the Pillsbury Owl.
The object had been perched at the entrance of “Eternal Offerings: Chinese Ritual Bronzes,” a special exhibition of 150 bronze vessels associated with ritual and ancestral worship and power in ancient Chinese society. It was designed by the art director and Oscar-winning film designer Tim Yip.would once have been used to hold wine that was intended as a ceremonial offering to ancestors. Its guise as an animal is highly typical of the period.
For the rest of the exhibition’s run through May 21, visitors will be greeted at the door instead by a set of 5th- or 4th-century B.C.E. bronze-winged dragons, which have moved from the second gallery.
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