Smithsonian’s ‘Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings’ is the first major U.S. show devoted to artifacts from the capital of the 3,000-year-old Shang Dynasty.
More than 200 such artifacts are included in “Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings,” the first major exhibition in the United States devoted to the capital of China’s 3,000-year-old Shang dynasty. The National Museum of Asian Art refers to the place by its contemporary name, Anyang, but the long-abandoned site has also been known as Dayi Shang and Yin .
While “Anyang” is installed in the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, it’s linked to the museum’s sibling, the adjoining Freer Gallery of Art. In fact, the show ties directly to the centennial celebration of the Freer’s 1923 opening. In 1929, leadership of the Anyang excavations passed to Li Chi, who was a Freer employee from 1925 to 1930. The gallery supported the first two years of Li’s work at the site and purchased some of the items now on display.
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