China Landscape
3 May – 27 October 2008
West Lawn, Museum forecourt
Exhibition closed
Sponsored by Bank of Beijing
Supported by China Now, Camden and Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew
China Landscape represented a unique
partnership between the British Museum and the Royal Botanic
Gardens, Kew, celebrating a shared vision to strengthen cultural
understanding and support biodiversity conservation across the
world.
Located in the British Museum’s forecourt, the landscape
featured elements of a traditional Chinese scholar’s garden and
explores the medicinal benefits, economic properties, artistic
influences and cultural traditions of plants and shrubs from
western China.
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Constructing China Landscape, 14 April 2008, 10.29
Constructing China Landscape, 14 April 2008, 10.29
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Constructing China Landscape, 14 April 2008, 11.49
Constructing China Landscape, 14 April 2008, 11.49
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Constructing China Landscape, 14 April 2008, 18.09
Constructing China Landscape, 14 April 2008, 18.09
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Constructing China Landscape, 18 April 2008, 22.09
Constructing China Landscape, 18 April 2008, 22.09
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Constructing China Landscape, 21 April 2008, 16.49
Constructing China Landscape, 21 April 2008, 16.49
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Constructing China Landscape, 28 April 2008, 07.09
Constructing China Landscape, 28 April 2008, 07.09
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Building the trellis in China Landscape
Building the trellis in China Landscape
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Planting China Landscape
Planting China Landscape
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Placing a Hubei crabapple tree in China Landscape
Placing a Hubei crabapple tree in China Landscape
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Putting the finishing touches to China Landscape
Putting the finishing touches to China Landscape
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China Landscape, 6 May 2008
China Landscape, 6 May 2008
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China Landscape
China Landscape
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China Landscape
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Books related to the exhibition
Chinese
Silk, by Shelagh Vainker
Aurel
Stein on the Silk Road, by Susan Whitfield
Flowers,
by Marjorie Caygill