Guimet research plan 2026 2030
center in Xinjiang ( North - West China ) , Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are compared with
the studies of fortif ied sites located between the Chinese province of Gansu and
Central Asia , as well as the study of of f icial Chinese histories are confronted with
those that have been preserved in Central Asia and with the administrative
documents of the Han dynasty , discovered between the Gobi and Taklamakan
deserts . Therefore , these crossed views will make it possible to reassess the notion
of cultural border by mapping archaeological sites via Geographic information
system ( GIS ) , and also to document the trade and circulation routes of this region
of Central Asia . It should be noted that the documentary corpus is composed of
more than 300 archaeological sites ( including bibliography and prospecting ) , about
600 Chinese texts and nearly 6 , 000 petroglyphs , for which a selection will be made .
This corpus studied should make it possible to propose a material and spatial
analysis of the phenomena of border interactions at the regional and global levels ,
but also to improve our knowledge of these ancient periods and , consequently ,
to refine the understanding of the works of the Musée Guimet . This study will
be enhanced through publications and conferences , and may enrich the mediation
tools of fered to visitors in the permanent exhibition of the collections .
" Resonating with the gods "
in China . Communication
objects and divinatory
interfaces
Following an archaeo - museum approach , the research conducted at the museum is
also interested in the link between objects of worship and religious practices , since
it concerns a large part of the collections of ancient China . In this regard , she will
study the relationship between the ritual and the funerary furniture deposited in the
tombs , in order to show the public how essential it is to link the collections , from High
Antiquity to the Qing , to its original religious context ( whether shamanic or Buddhist
or Taoist ) and social .
It will therefore be relevant to bring to it what is often set aside , such as the analysis
of texts , the archaeological site or the functioning of the ritual . It will also be necessary
to analyze the choice of materials used to communicate with the gods ( bronzes ,
jades , ceramics , lacquerware , textiles , etc . ) , to study the relationship between ritual
object and worship in order to understand the function of the object in the context
of ceremonies and its place in a temple , a tomb or on an altar , to study the relationships
between texts ( oracular bones , manuscripts ) and images depicted on objects .
This research project is also planned in cooperation with the ArScAn - CNRS research
center but also with the University of Lyon - 2 and the LESC - CNRS research center .
Study of a corpus
of Chinese ceramics
Dehua white porcelain
Another research project in this fundamental axis of the study of the history of Asian
art aims to document and publish the exceptional collection of monochrome
Chinese ceramics of Dehua or Blancs de Chine i e nearly 150 objects kept at the
Musée Guimet It is one of the most important collections in the world alongside
those of the Dehua museums in the Chinese province of Fujian and the English and
German museums This corpus produced from the Ming dynasty 1368 1644 to the
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