Published:  00:00 Thursday - February 11, 2010

An exhibition opened in Hanoi on February 11 to display 100 antiques with some dating back to the first century.

The display will lift the curtain on various activities of Hanoian antiques collectors towards the grand celebrations of the 1,000^th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi, said Dao Phan Long, Chairman of the Thang Long-Hanoi Pottery and Antiquities Researchers and Collectors.

The items on show, collected and preserved by 14 private collectors in Hanoi, were made of all materials like wood, bronze and pottery.

Artifacts of 2,000-2,500 years of age such as bronze drums, cylindrical jars, soup ladles and animal-shaped lamps will give visitors a look into Vietnam’s ancient culture of Dong Son thousands of years ago.

The exhibition, which will last until March 10, also display relics produced during the northern domination period between the first and 10^th century and the following 10 centuries of establishment and existence of different feudal dynasties of Vietnam.

In addition to Vietnamese artifacts, the exhibition also aims to introduce antiquities of Chinese and Champa cultures which were collected by Hanoians.