30 New Art Pieces At The Museum of Applied Arts
Donation
The collection of ceramics has been enriched by more than 30 pieces of art work, originated mostly from the Far East. The selection of ceramics donated by violinist Magda Bácsi can be seen as part of the museum’s permanent collection.
Magda Bácsi has been donating valuable pieces to the museum since her moving back from Sweden in 1994. So far more than 300 works-of-art got into the collection of the museum. The treasures of the latest donation are installed in the permanent exhibition „Collectors and Treasures”.
The pieces represent the ceramic art of more than 5 thousand years. Neolithic pots with geometric ornamentation, unique burial ceramics, animal-shaped utensils, celadon glazed pots, porcelain are all part of the selection displayed in the show
According to the Museum one of the most outstanding pieces of the collection is a figure of a Chinese horse archer „The ceramic statuette can be dated back to the Han era (206 B.C. – 220 A.D). Its proportions, the presentation of horse and horseman, the attire of the warrior, the accuracy of the painting are all astonishing, a true relic from a 2 thousand-year-old culture.”
The European section is represented by an Art Nouveau vase: the ornamentation of women dancing under a starry sky was designed by Lajos Mack, the vase itself was made in the Zsolnay factory, in 1899. In one of the showcases the earliest objects are displayed in another, porcelain pieces of a different character can be seen.
According to the Museum of Applied Arts the total value of Magda Bácsi’s donation is around 100 million forints (335.000. Euros). The whole material will be on display following the systematic registration of the pieces and the total reconstruction of the museum’s building.
