The Consul General in Shanghai, Tiziana D’Angelo opened the “Etruscans, Lords of Ancient Italy” exhibition in the Suzhou Museum of Wu in eastern China. Leading municipal and provincial authorities attended the opening, along with museum director Chen Zenglu. The exhibition comprises over 300 extraordinary archaeological findings from the Archaeological Museum of Bologna and the Naples National Archaeological Museum that describe the living conditions of the Etruscans through everyday objects, golden ornaments and carved statues.
It presents an important page from the history of Italy, prior to the rise of Rome. Bearing witness to this period, the works displayed include two bronze statues of worshippers from the Bologna area and the famous engraved bronze mirror known as “patera cospiana” from the second half of the IV century BC showing the birth of an armed Athena from the brain of Tinia (the Etruscan Zeus). There are also golden necklaces, the sculpture of a funerary lion from the Giardini Margherita burial ground and two alabaster funerary urns from the University Collection dating back to the III century BC.
Promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute of Shanghai in association with the Italian Consulate General, the exhibition will run until 23 November and then move to Chengdu where it will run from December 2022 to March 2023.
