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Fellowship Project
Dr. Xu Zheng spent five months (September 2014 – January 2015) at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the U.S.A. where she conducted research on the museum’s collection of Chinese sutra covers of the Ming Dynasty.
Biography
Dr. Xu Zheng is currently a research curator at the China National Silk Museum specialising in the collection, research, and exhibition of ancient textiles.
Recent Development and Achievement
In recent years, Dr. Xu has been mainly engaged in the research and exhibition planning concerning the history of Chinese silk. She is currently participating in the Zhejiang Culture Research Project, “The Great Department of Chinese Silk Art“. As a key output of this project, she is writing the book Research on Ancient Chinese Weaving and Embroidery Techniques. The exhibition, “Nine Heavens – Chang’an on the Silk Road“, of which she was part of the curatorial team, won the Excellence Award of the 23rd (2025) “Top Ten Museum Exhibitions” in China.
Selected Publication(s)
