A precious collection of precious pieces from the Oriental world, the result of Aldo Guetta's interest and research into that world, has been donated by Sonia and Liana Finzi to the Museum of Oriental Art in Venice. A multifaceted and fascinating personality, former director of the International Monetary Fund, Guetta undertook numerous trips to India, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Japan in the 1970s and 1980s, from which he often returned with devotional objects and works, mainly sculptures.
Many others he then purchased on the European antiques market. The artifacts thus expand the Museum's previous collections, which were also the result of the interest and passion for the Far East of another refined and sensitive collector, Enrico di Borbone
The volume, edited by Marta Boscolo Marchi with essays and entries by Chiara Bellini and Nicoletta Celli, goes deeper into the understanding of the collection and the collector’s figure.
