No Caminho do Japão - Arte Oriental nas Colecções da Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa

Descriptive catalog and selected inventory of the oriental art collection, a valuable collection belonging to the collection of the Museu de São Roque da Santa Casa da Misericórdia in Lisbon. This publication was published as part of the temporary exhibition “On the Way to Japan”, organized in 1993, the year in which the 450th anniversary of the arrival of the Portuguese in Japan was celebrated. This catalog showcases pieces of great artistic value and exoticism that prove the Portuguese presence in these parts and testify to the cultural exchange between Portugal and the East. This publication also brings together essays by experts in the History of Art who focus on the themes of missionation, art and religious implements, and on the reception of oriental art objects in Portugal. This catalog of oriental art in the collections of the São Roque Museum includes an illustrated description of a set of 32 pieces, examples from the areas of sculpture, goldsmithing, sacred art, porcelain, vestments, among others; pieces selected from a total of 51 inventoried objects. An edition carried out with the support of Fundação Oriente and the National Commission for the Commemorations of Portuguese Discoveries. 

Authors: Gonçalo Couceiro; Maria Filomena Brito; Nuno Vassallo e Silva; Teresa Freitas Morna 

Year of Publication: 1993
Editor: Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa

ISBN@: 9789899021877
Format: ePub
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