Shen Zhou Tongyin playing with cranes scroll
The hanging scroll is ink, and the medium decides the pace. Ink and colour on silk or paper ask to be read slowly, the eye led rather than struck.
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Qi Baishi red plum axis
The hanging scroll is ink, and the medium decides the pace. Ink and colour on silk or paper ask to be read slowly, the eye led rather than struck.
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Wu Guxiang Yanjiang Mountain Fan
The fan is ink, and the medium decides the pace. Ink and colour on silk or paper ask to be read slowly, the eye led rather than struck.
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Shen Liqing graphite tree stickers
This object is a ink, the Chinese picture made to be unrolled or unpinned a section at a time rather than seen all at once. the Imperial painter’s hand tha…
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Purple clay small round pot
The piece is a ewer, and Porcelain is the technique that decides how it reads. The pattern is laid before firing, so the colour sits under a clear glaze, p…
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Liulichang kiln black glaze convex dragon lid jar
This jar belongs to the long argument about Chinese porcelain: a porcelain body, thrown, glazed and fired until the surface turns to glass. the Imperial wo…
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Pastel peony, plum blossom, flower and bird pattern round basin and box
The piece is a object, and Famille-rose (fencai) porcelain is the technique that decides how it reads. The pattern is laid before firing, so the colour sit…
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Blue and White Pine, Bamboo and Plum Pattern Poetry Guanyin Zun
This zun vessel belongs to the long argument about Chinese porcelain: a blue-and-white porcelain body, thrown, glazed and fired until the surface turns to…
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Underglaze red pomegranate statue with four seasons floral pattern
The piece is a zun vessel, and Underglaze red porcelain is the technique that decides how it reads. The pattern is laid before firing, so the colour sits u…
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Five-color Zhang Tianshi cuts the five-poison pattern small plate
The piece is a plate, and Wucai (five-colour) porcelain is the technique that decides how it reads. The pattern is laid before firing, so the colour sits u…
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