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May
16
to Sep 8
Routes and Realms –al-Masālik wa al-Mamālik
Just over a thousand years ago, the scholar Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm al-Iṣṭakhrī wrote an important book, all about the world he knew. Today the book is known by two titles, Kitāb al-Masālik wa al-Mamālik (The Book of Routes and Realms) and Kitāb Ṣuwar al-Aqālīm (The Book of the Forms of World Regions).
Dec
6
to Mar 23
Zodiac Netsuke: Animals of the Japanese Zodiac in Miniature
The twelve zodiac animals—rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and boar— represent the twelve-year cycles in Asia. Celebrating the New Year, this exhibition highlights Japanese netsuke from the Chester Beatty Collections carved in the shape of these twelve zodiac animals.