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Wednesday, 28th July 2010 (444 views)

A number of gold artefacts will be among the objects set to go on display in Singapore as part of an exhibition of cargo from a ninth century Asian shipwreck.

Items from the ship discovered off the coast of Indonesia in 1998 will be showcased in Singapore in late 2010 or early 2011 before travelling to the US, where they will be exhibited at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC in 2012.

The ship was carrying a cargo of some 60,000 objects from Tang dynasty China to Persia when it sank, including a number of intricately-worked gold vessels that are expected to be one of the main highlights of the exhibition.

One of these is the biggest gold Tang dynasty cup ever discovered.

Singapore has protected and preserved the artefacts found in the shipwreck since they were discovered.

Julian Raby, director of the Freer and Sackler galleries, said: "The exhibition and tour will enable people around the world to connect with these extraordinary artefacts and feel the impact of a remarkable story that forever changes our view of ancient global trade."

 

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