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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. AAMSFC_110728_012.JPG: What is Jade? In its narrowest definition, yu, the Chinese word for jade, refers to two distinct, hard, fibrous stones, jadeite and nephrite. In its broadest definition yu also includes serpentine, quartz, and many other gemstones. At the molecular level, nephrite is composed of dense mats of relatively long fibers, making it a tough stone that has a high resistance to breaking or chipping and finishes to a soft glow. Jadeite, made of shorter fibers, is harder than but not as tough as nephrite; jadeite has a resistance to scratching or abrading, and finishes to a bright shine. In their pure states, both stones are white and semitransluscent. The broad range of hues and tones seen among the jade objects on display here is the result of various chemical impurities. Most nephrite now comes from the province of Xinjang in northwest China. This source was already known by the Bronze Age, and it contributed to the development of the trade route known as the Silk Road. Jadeite is rarely found in China and did not come into common use until the mining of large deposits in Burma began in the late 1800s. Examples of jade on view in this case call to mind the Chinese definition: "Jade [yu] is the beauty of stones."
2. AAMSFC_110728_148.JPG: Money tree China
3. AAMSFC_110728_215.JPG: Pair of tomb guardians China
4. AAMSFC_110728_277.JPG: Seated Buddha, dated 338 China
5. AAMSFC_110728_500.JPG: Ivory Carving: Ivory carving can be traced back to Neolithic times (about 5,000 years ago), when elephants existed in China. The animals became extinct in China about a thousand years ago, and ivory came in through trade and tribute. It was a favorite medium for carving because of its structure, which allowed for fine detailed work. It soon became a popular item for foreign trade, and Canton and Hong Kong were some of the important centers for ivory carving. Since the late 1900s, when foreign elephants became an endangered species, palm nuts (tagua) have been widely used in place of ivory.
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Wikipedia Description: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco is a museum in San Francisco, California, United States. It has one of the most comprehensive collections of Asian art in the world.

Until 2003 the museum shared a space with the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park; during its last year in the park it was closed for the purpose of moving to its new location, and it re-opened on March 20, 2003 in the former San Francisco city library building opposite the San Francisco Civic Center, renovated for the purpose under the direction of Italian architect Gae Aulenti. Lord Cultural Resources, a cultural professional practice, was also commissioned to undertake a three-part sequence of planning studies for the relocation of the Museum.

The collection has approximately 17,000 works of art and artifacts from all major Asian countries and traditions, some of which are as much as 6,000 years old. Major galleries are devoted to the arts of South Asia, West Asia (including Persia), Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, China, Korea and Japan. There are 2,500 works on display in the permanent collection.

The museum owes its origin to a donation to the city of San Francisco by Chicago millionaire Avery Brundage, who was a major collector of Asian art. The Society for Asian Art, incorporated in 1958, was the group that formed specifically to gain Avery Brundage's collection. The museum opened in 1966 as a wing of the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum in Golden Gate Park. Brundage continued to make donations to the museum, including the bequest of all his remaining personal collection of Asian art on his death in 1975. In total, Brundage donated more than 7,700 Asian art objects to San Francisco.

The museum has become a focus for special and traveling exhibitions, including: the first major Chinese exhibition to travel outside China since the end of World War II (in 1975); an archaeological exhibition which attracted 800,000 visitors over an eight week period; an exhibition on Wisdom and Compassion opened by the Dalai Lama in 1991.

Re-Location:

As the museum’s collection grew, the facilities in Golden Gate Park were no longer sufficient to display or even house the collection. In 1987 Mayor Diane Feinstein proposed a plan to revitalize Civic Center which included relocating the museum to the Main Library. In 1995, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Chong-Moon Lee made a $15 million donation to launch the funding campaign for a new building for the museum.

The old Main library was a Beaux Arts-style building designed by George Kelham in 1917. The new $160.5 million project, designed by Gae Aulenti, introduced an indoor sky-lit court to provide a dramatic central core to the museum. Removing some interior walls, Aulenti created a sense of openness to facilitate visitor movement and the display of the artwork. The new 185,000-square-foot (17,200 m2) museum increased the exhibition space by approximately 75 percent compared to the former Golden Gate Park location.
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