ORIENTAL ELEGANCE
Chinese Art from the Tianjin Museum Collection
Tianjin is located at a latitude of 38° 34′ to 40° 15′ North and a longitude of 116° 43′ to 118° 4′ East, in the eastern eight of the international time zones. Lying in the northeast of the North China Plain, downstream of the Haihe River Basin, bordering the Bohai Sea in the east and the Yanshan Mountains in the north, the city covers a total land area of 11,917 square kilometres with a perimeter of 1,291 kilometres, of which the coastline is 153 kilometres.
Tianjin Museum is a comprehensive museum of history and art. Founded in 1918, it is one of the earliest museums established in China. Its collection includes relics of Chinese culture and historical documents from various dynasties. Tianjin Museum presents about 210,000 objects of ancient bronze, ceramics, Chinese calligraphy, paintings, jade, oracle bone script, currency, stamps, Dunhuang documents, local folk crafts, historical documents, and other collections.
In 2025, Tianjin Museum cooperated with the Rothko Museum to jointly launch “Oriental Elegance”, an exhibition of Chinese art in Daugavpils, Latvia. The exhibition shows the unique charm of Chinese porcelain, painting, and calligraphy and sheds light on the local culture of Tianjin.
The exhibition is on view at the Rothko Museum from 30 May to 24 August 2025.
Publicity image: Qiu Ying. “Immortal realm of the peach blossom land”. 175 x 66.7 cm (detail). 16th century.
