Tigers in The Lantern Festival and Other Chinese Works

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Courtesy Norton Museum of Art

The Lantern Festival (Shangyuan Jie), detail, circa 1592-1600 Ming Dynasty, Wanli Reign Group of six paintings, ink and color on silk Each: 7/8 × 23 3/8in (208 × 59.4 cm) Overall: 102 1/4 × 140 1/4in (259.7 × 356.2 cm) Purchase, acquired through the generosity of the John and Heidi Niblack Fund, 2015.108.1-.6

Join us to celebrate the Lantern Festival (Shangyuan Jie), which concludes the fortnight long Chinese New Year celebration intended to welcome good fortune in 2022, the Year of the Tiger.

Laurie Barnes, Elizabeth B. McGraw Senior Curator of Chinese Art, explores the significance of tiger imagery found in six rare, intricately painted hanging scrolls depicting a Lantern Festival, on view until February 20, 2022, as well as other works in the Chinese collection representing tigers.

Watch the virtual talk in the Stiller Family Foundation Auditorium or at home, via the Norton’s Facebook page.

Cost: Museum Admission/Norton Members FREE