63 Guimet research plan 2026 2030
Annexes
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
The collections
of the Musée d ' Ennery
in context
6 , 000 objects of various
types , primarily from
Japan , China , and Vietnam ,
including :
• Kakiemon porcelains
intended for export in the
18th century
• Nanban chests ( 8 trunks )
• Masks décoratifs inspirés
du théâtre
• les objets du lettré chinois ,
autres à définir
• Fukuoka Museum
• Alexandra Curvelo
– Professor at NOVA
University Lisbon , for
Nanban objects
• Kazuko Akimichi – PhD
candidate in Art History
at Paris 1 University
Panthéon - Sorbonne
• Mr . Kobayashi Koji ,
researcher at the Tokyo
National Research Institute
for Cultural Properties and
specialist in lacquerware
• Study coherent groups and individual
works by placing them in their historical
context of creation
Estelle Bauer
Between text and
image : the written
word as a contextual
source
A collection of miniatures
acquired by Émile Guimet
in 1891 ( MG 9110 to MG
9195 ) , bearing on the
reverse side unidentified
and untranslated fragments
of Persian texts ( India ) ;
Buddhist paintings ( from
the Himalayan region , China ,
Korea , Japan , Vietnam ) ;
lapidary works ( Cambodia ,
Vietnam )
• ARscAN ( research
agreement )
• Collaboration with
universities ( Ifrae , IFEO ,
CRCAO , EFEO , Inalco )
• Several research centers
to be considered for formal
agreements
• Study of inscriptions and dedications on
Buddhist paintings
• Study of inscriptions and calligraphic
texts on the reverse of certain Indian
miniatures
• Refine the dating of pictorial productions
in relation to the study of the texts
• Enhance documentation on the artworks
and the Japanese art collections database
by transcribing and translating into French
the inscriptions appearing on the works
Arnaud Bertrand
Pierre Baptiste ,
Thierry Zéphir
Estelle Bauer
Study of movable
Uyghur printing
characters brought
back by the Pelliot
mission
950 movable printing
characters brought back
by Paul Pelliot ’ s mission to
Central Asia between 1906
and 1909
CRCAO ( Alice Crowther ,
Temporary Teaching and
Research Attaché in
Philological Methods at the
Historical and Philological
Sciences Section of the
École Pratique des Hautes
Études – PSL )
• Have the corpus restored : photography ,
measurements , individual markings
• Study the collection : classification by
typologies , identification of reused types
• Establish a mini database incorporating
other movable types of the same
provenance preserved in other institutions
Valérie Zaleski
Research avenues for
contemporary art
• Corpus of Chinese
photographs ( 1995 – 2000 )
focusing on the second
generation of contemporary
Chinese artists
• Works of the first
generation of contemporary
Chinese artists ( 1976 – 1979 )
• Dansaekhwa : major Korean
avant - garde movement
( 1950s – 1960s ) based on
the donation from Philippe
Tirault
• The donation of a
substantial collection of
instant photographs by
Nobuyoshi Araki
• Establish an overview of the policies
implemented regarding contemporary
art at the Guimet Museum to uncover
the assumptions that have guided the
formation of the collections and the
programming of exhibitions
• Increase knowledge about the modern
and contemporary artistic avant - gardes of
the 20th century
Cécile Dazord