A collection of ancient jade has been put on public display at an exhibition that opened at the Ho Chi Minh City Museum of History on August 30.
A collection of ancient jade has been put on public display at an exhibition that opened at the Ho Chi Minh City Museum of History on August 30.
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| Visitors at the exhibition (Photo: VNA) |
The exhibits include ancient jade from the Dong Son (800-200BC), Sa Huynh (1000-200BC) and Dong Nai (2,500 years ago) cultures to the early 20th century, and those from China.
Notably, there are 3,400 objects collected by a Vietnamese couple from 1930 to 1940.
Visitors will also have a chance to admire objects of famous collector Victor Thomas Holbé (1857-1927), which are regarded as the premise for the birth of Blanchard de la Brosse Museum in 1929, now the HCMC Museum of History.
The exhibition will run until November 30./.
