Chinese Art on Exhibit: From the Collection of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden

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An exhibition of 150 rare objects of Chinese art from the collection of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden will be shown in six museums under the auspices of the International Exhibitions Foundation, opening at the National Gallery of Art on September tenth. Thereafter it will be shown at the Minneapolis Institute of Art; The Asia House Gallery, New York; The Cleveland Museum of Art; The M. H. de Young Museum in San Francisco and the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art in Kansas City, Missouri. The selection was made by Professor Bo Gyllensvärd, Keeper of the King's collection and Director of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm, and John A. Pope, Director of the Freer Gallery of Art.