Author name: Jianle Liu

Jiangyun Mountain Water Axis

This hanging scroll is a landscape painting, the Chinese picture made to be unrolled or unpinned a section at a time rather than seen all at once. the Impe…

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Yuan Shangtong’s Sui Dynasty Diagram Axis

This hanging scroll 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…

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Cup with pastel bamboo pattern on yellow ground

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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Pastel lighted hollow floral pattern lampshade

This object belongs to the long argument about Chinese porcelain: a famille-rose (fencai) porcelain body, thrown, glazed and fired until the surface turns…

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Blue and white pattern lying foot bowl

This bowl belongs to the long argument about Chinese porcelain: a blue-and-white porcelain body, thrown, glazed and fired until the surface turns to glass.…

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Blue and white cloud and dragon pattern vase

The piece is a vase, and Blue-and-white porcelain is the technique that decides how it reads. The pattern is laid before firing, so the colour sits under a…

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Pastel plum vase with deer pattern

The piece is a vase, and Famille-rose (fencai) porcelain is the technique that decides how it reads. The pattern is laid before firing, so the colour sits…

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Enamel consecrated double halberd vial

This vase belongs to the long argument about Chinese porcelain: a painted-enamel (falangcai) porcelain body, thrown, glazed and fired until the surface tur…

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Yellow glaze concealed engraved cloud, dragon and lotus petals dish

This plate belongs to the long argument about Chinese porcelain: a yellow-glazed porcelain body, thrown, glazed and fired until the surface turns to glass.…

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Doucai Grape Pattern Goblet

The piece is a cup, and Doucai (contrasting-colour) porcelain is the technique that decides how it reads. The pattern is laid before firing, so the colour…

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