Bear …

… from ancient China (206 BC - 25 AD), on display at the Hotel de la Marine at Place de la Concorde in Paris, which we had never previously visited.

This charming creature, of gilded bronze and 8 cm tall, is one of the most important pieces in the Hotel’s Al Thani Collection, which has been in the Hotel since 2021 under a 20-year agreement with the French Ministry of Culture.