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Top left and right; Behind Donation of Scholar’s Rocks and Suiseki
the historical facade of the
ancient Prussian palace, an to the Museum of Asian Art in Berlin, Germany
ultramodern interior design
will make it possible to By Gudrun Benz, Germany
realize a modern concept of
presentation. The spectacular There are not too many museums in the West spe- remains intact in Russia today as “trophy art,” five per-
40,000 m² Humboldt-Forum cializing in East-Asian arts. One of them, Museum cent was destroyed in the war and only five percent
will be a centre of art, culture of Asian Art was established 110 years ago in Berlin- returned to Berlin. Its collection was decimated to
and science. Its opening is
planned for 2019 with an Dahlem, a district a little bit outside of the city centre such a degree that the museum’s future was seriously
estimated cost of 590 million of Germany’s capital. Today it houses some 34,000 in question. Thanks to the efforts of the museum staff,
Euro. Nearly the entire fourth Asian artefacts. Its collection comprises excellent lac- private donators and public donations it would be re-
floor will be dedicated to Asian quer works, bronze artefacts, ceramics—for example opened in 2006 and celebrate its 100th anniversary.
artefacts from India, Indonesia, Japanese tea ceramics—furniture, an exquisite col-
China, Tibet, Japan, Korea.
Images courtesy Humboldt- lection of Chinese and Japanese paintings and much,
Forum. much more. World War II resulted in immense losses
for the museum. While 90 percent of all the works

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