Where To Stream Secrets of the Museum Season 2 Episode 4
Bacchus Vase / Minton
- Aired July 20, 2021
- 60 Min
Conservator Susan is at the centre of an epic conservation project that will take 20 years to complete: conserving a unique set of Chinese paintings called The Ten Kings of Purgatory. These rare works have been in the V&A's stores for 150 years, but before they can go on display for the first time, each King of Purgatory must undergo extensive conservation. Susan has already worked on two of the kings, having learnt from a master craftsman at Nanjing Museum how to conserve them using...