Including ceramics, bronzes, and sculptures, the seventy-nine pieces in the Columbia Museum of Art s Turner Collect of Chinese Art represent a monumental holding for the institution, second only to its permanent Kress collection of European art in both size and importance. Robert Y. Turner, a native of Winnsboro, South Carolina, donated the collection between 2003 and 2007, effectively transforming the museum s modest collection of Asian art into an enviable permanent exhibit and the only one of its kind in South Carolina. The Turner Collection is exceptional in that it covers a broad...
Including ceramics, bronzes, and sculptures, the seventy-nine pieces in the Columbia Museum of Art s Turner Collect of Chinese Art represent a monumen...