Recently I went to see the newest exhibition at the Museum
of Asian Civilizations, ‘Cities and Kings, Ancient Treasures from
Myanmar’. The exhibition is only a small
one, giving the visitor a rather hurried tour of Burmese art, mainly religious,
from the Bagan period to the 19th century. Nonetheless, most pieces are
exceptional and demonstrate the refinement of Burmese civilization. After
seeing the exhibition I had a look at some of the museum’s recent acquisitions,
including several pieces of Buddhist sculpture from Mathura, Gandhara and
China. The exhibition is on until the 5th of Match 2017
