 The Art Museum serves the local community and overseas audience by collecting, preserving, researching and exhibiting a wide range of artifacts illuminating the rich arts, humanities and cultural heritage of ancient and pre-modern China. The Art Museum made its debut at the annual "Asian Art in London" in November 2017. Together with top Asian art dealers, prime auction houses, and leading museums and institutions from over 60 countries, the Art Museum showcased its collections of ancient Chinese jade, Chinese gold and silver ware, Chinese export art, as well as Mongolian, Tibetan and Himalayan art, in order to provide a comprehensive overview of not just the museum's history but its directions in the years to come.
The opening ceremony for the exhibition "Treasures from the Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong: Past, Present and Future" was held on 31 October 2017 in London. The officiating guests included Mr. Henry Howard-Sneyd, Chairman of Asian Art, Europe and Americas, Sotheby's; Ms. Priscilla To, Director-General of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, London; Mr. Christopher Mok, Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Art Museum, CUHK; Mr. Edwin Mok, Chairman of the Collectors Circle of the Friends of the Art Museum, CUHK; Mrs. Victoria Firth, Chair of the English Chapter of the Friends of the Art Museum, CUHK; Prof. Jenny So, former Director of the Art Museum; Prof. Josh Yiu, Director of the Art Museum, CUHK; and Prof. Xu Xiaodong, Associate Director of the Art Museum, CUHK.  | Prof. Xu Xiaodong, Associate Director of the Art Museum, CUHK, delivers a welcoming speech. |  | Mr. Henry Howard-Sneyd, Chairman of Asian Art, Europe and Americas, Sotheby's, delivers a speech. |  | Ms. Priscilla To, Director-General of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, London, delivers a speech. | 
Prof. Josh Yiu, Director of the Art Museum, CUHK, gives a presentation on the history, development and future challenges of the Art Museum.
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(From left) Prof. Xu Xiaodong, Associate Director of the Art Museum, CUHK; Asia House representative; Mr. Christopher Mok, Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Art Museum, CUHK; Prof. Jenny So, former Director of the Art Museum, CUHK; Mr. Henry Howard-Sneyd, Chairman of Asian Art, Europe and Americas, Sotheby's; Ms. Priscilla To, Director-General of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, London; Mr. Edwin Mok, Chairman of the Collectors Circle of the Friends of the Art Museum, CUHK; Mrs. Victoria Firth, Chair of the London Chapter of the Friends of the Art Museum, CUHK; and Prof. Josh Yiu, Director of the Art Museum, CUHK.
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Highlights of the exhibition include: Greyish lavender-glazed brush-washer
12th–14thsup centuries
Art Museum Collection
Gift of Mr. Yeung Wing-tak
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Glass painting
34 x 53.2 cm
Art Museum Collection
Gift of Dr. Simon Kwan (Muwen Tang) | 
| Monochrome yellow deng cover and dou body
Qing dynasty
Height 25.6 cm, Mouth Diameter 15 cm
Art Museum Collection
Gift of Mr. Anthony K. W. Cheung |  | Painted enamel box with flower design
Enamel on copper
Canton, 19th century
Height 6 cm, Width 6.2 cm
Art Museum Collection
Gift of Mr. Christopher Mok |  |
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