I had a trip this week. The start of my trip was in Richmond, Virginia. I visited the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts there, and thoroughly enjoyed it. There was a decadrachm in the ancient section, so that was very interesting to see. A Molossian Hound statuette was interesting as well. There was a Napoleon exhibit at the time, with pretty marble busts and giant candlesticks, and a Fabergé display, with a familiar design on one enamel (the same engraving is on the Tsarist 100 rouble notes). The Byzantine section was nice as well. I liked an eagle statuette and a bread stamp. The Chinese porcelain was very interesting as well. This one was Dad’s favorite. I liked the Tang camel. I meant to see the Art Nouveau and Art Deco sections, but ran out of time. Part 2 can be found here.
