Relics and rapprochement: The intricacies of cultural diplomacy in China’s first archaeological exhibition in the U.S. during the Cold War era

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Figure 1. Entrance to ‘The Exhibition of Archaeological Finds of the People's Republic of China’. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Gallery Archives.

Figure 2. Installation view of ‘The Exhibition of Archaeological Finds of the People's Republic of China’. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Gallery Archives.

Figure 3. Paul Mellon, First Lady Betty Ford, and Chinese diplomat Liu Yang-Chiao (from left to right) at the opening reception for ‘The Exhibition of Archaeological Finds of the People's Republic of China’. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Gallery Archives.

Figure 4. Skull and lower jaw of the Lantian Man (model), cranium unearthed in 1964 at Kungwangling village; lower jaw unearthed in 1963 at Chenchiawo village. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Gallery Archives.

Figure 5. Bust of the Peking Man (restoration). Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Gallery Archives.

Figure 6. Jade suit, sewn with gold thread; shroud for Tou Wan, wife of Prince Ching of Chungshan, unearthed from the tomb of Tou Wan. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Gallery Archives.

Figure 7. Photo taken on March 29, 1975 showing a long line of attendees waiting to view the exhibition before its conclusion at the National Gallery of Art. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Gallery Archives.