Guimet research plan 2026 2030

AXIS 2 CONTEXT OF CREATION

Projects Collections studied Partners Research objectives Contributors

New Technologies for

a revised chronology

of the Indo - Iranian

frontiers ( 7000 to

2600 BCE )  

• Uninventoried ceramic

sherds from the French

excavations led by Jean -

Marie Casal at the sites

of Amri ( Pakistan ) and

Mundigak ( Afghanistan )  

• Samples from Mehrgarh

and sites in the Makran

region , held by the CNRS in

Nanterre  

• ARscAN ( Research

Agreement )  

• CNRS  

• Laboratory of Climate and

Environmental Sciences

( LSCE )  

• Maison de l ’ Orient et de

la Méditerranée ( MOM ) ,

Lyon  

• Refine the dating of the chronological

sequences of Amri and Mundigak , as well

as that of the works in the museum that

originate from them  

• Connect these Guimet collections with

those held in Pakistan ( Karachi Museum )

and by the CNRS ( Mehrgarh – Jarrige

Mission , etc . )  

Nicolas Engel

Understanding the

trade routes between

China and Central

Asia ( 5th century BCE

– 5th century CE )  

• Over 300 archaeological

sites ( including bibliography

and field surveys ) , around

600 Chinese texts , and

nearly 6 , 000 petroglyphs

( from which a selection will

be made )  

• Archaeological artifacts

discovered during missions

in Chinese Central Asia  

• Collections from the Qin ,

Western Han , Xin , and

Eastern Han dynasties in

China  

 

Buddhist collections from

the Han to the Northern Wei

periods  

• Dr . Arnaud Bertrand

( GUIMET et ARscAN )  

• Dr . Olivier Bordeaux

( CNRS , ARscAN )  

• Dr . Corinne Debaine -

Francfort ( CNRS , ARscAN )  

• Dr . Frédérique Brunet

( CNRS , ARscAN )  

• Dr . Christophe Decoudun

( ICP , ARscAN )  

• Dr . Segolène De

Pontbriand ( ARscAN )  

• Dr . Ani Danielyan

( ARscAN )  

• David Sarmiento - Castillo

( ARscAN )  

• Maxim Korolkov

( Heidelberg )  

• Propose a material and spatial analysis

of cross - border interaction phenomena at

both regional and global levels  

• Enhance knowledge of these ancient

periods and refine the understanding of the

Guimet Museum ’ s collections  

Arnaud Bertrand

Nicolas Engel

Valérie Zaleski

The study of the art of

the image and cultural

exchanges during

the Han and Tang

dynasties through

the collections of the

Musée Guimet  

Chinese art collections from

the Han and Tang dynasties

( coins , religious images ,

Buddhist and Taoist statuary ,

and cultural objects , etc . )  

• Shaanxi History Museum

( Yue Minjing )

• Catalogue and classify the Chinese

art collections at the Guimet Museum

according to their materials and techniques ,

and analyze the Hellenistic cultural

elements present in these works .  

• Systematically study Hellenistic art within

Chinese art , including coins , religious

images , and influences on Buddhist and

Taoist statues , as well as on other cultural

objects .  

Arnaud Bertrand

" Resonating with

the gods " in China .

Communication

objects and divinatory

interfaces    

Objects associated

with worship practices

dedicated to deities , across

all periods — from antiquity

to the Qing dynasty —

encompassing shamanism ,

Taoism , and Buddhism alike .  

• Corinne Debaine -

Francfort and Adeline

Herrou   ( LESC ; CNRS )  

• Claire Vidal ( Associate

Professor – Lyon 2

University )  

• Analyze the choice of materials used to

communicate with the gods  

• Study the relationship between ritual

objects and worship practices to

understand the function of the object within

ritual ceremonies  

• Examine the relationship between

text and image to better understand the

organization of rituals  

• Consider lost or missing elements in

processions to reconstruct the rites and

better contextualize each historical period  

Arnaud Bertrand

Study of a corpus of

Chinese ceramics :

Dehua white porcelain  

Collection of monochrome

Chinese ceramics from

Dehua , also known as

Blancs de Chine , comprising

nearly 150 objects preserved

at the Guimet Museum .  

• Dr . Yongsong Zheng

( PhD , Paris – Sorbonne ) ,

affiliated with the Center

for Research on the Far

East of Paris - Sorbonne

( CREOPS )  

• Enhance the value of the Guimet

Museum ’ s Dehua porcelain collection and

expand its knowledge and documentation  

• Carry out high - definition photography

of the 150 objects in the collection and

publish them in an illustrated volume  

Establish connections between

this collection and other French and

international collections

Claire Déléry

Presence and

representation of

foreign plants in

Chinese culture

introduction reception

acclimatization and

integration in the Ming

and Qing dynasties

Representations of foreign

plants in graphic arts

objects and Chinese literary

works

Weici YAN PhD

candidate under Professor

Antoine Gournay at Paris

Sorbonne CREOPS

List the foreign plants integrated into

Chinese art based on the museum s

collections

Publish a catalogue of foreign plants

featured in the museum s Chinese

collections from the Ming and Qing

dynasties

Claire Déléry

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