CTF & CUHK exhibit achievements of ancient Chinese goldsmith

4 July 2017

Co-presented by the Master Studio of Chow Tai Fook and Art Museum of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), ‘Golden Techniques: Art of the Chinese Goldsmiths’, the exhibition of periodical achievements of ancient Chinese gold working techniques research project, starts from today (4 July) to 27 September 2017 at Art Museum, CUHK. 

The opening ceremony of the exhibition was held on 3 July 2017 with the presence of project participants and professionals. The exhibition features over 40 pieces or sets of carefully-selected ancient Chinese gold and silver wares from private collections and collections of Art Museum, CUHK, together with samples from reconstruction experiments and traditional goldsmith’s tools, both from the Master Studio of Chow Tai Fook. 

The research project ‘Ancient Chinese Gold Techniques’ is a collaborative effort of Art Museum of CUHK, the Shaanxi Institute for Preservation of Cultural Heritage, the Master Studio of Chow Tai Fook, and the Conservation Office of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of Hong Kong starting from 2014, for the first time using interdisciplinary research methods to reconstruct several major ancient goldsmith techniques and the history of their development.

The exhibition will bring the cutting-edge findings of ancient Chinese techniques used to make gold and silver objects, emphasising on granulation (making gold granules and welding them onto object) and gold wire techniques, and techniques used to make gold inlays. During the exhibition, guided tours and a series of public lectures will be organised that aim to provide the audience with different museum experiences and a deeper understanding of the subject.

Members of the public are welcome to visit the exhibition with no admission fee.

Details of the exhibition are as follows: