Author name: Jianle Liu

Bronze ding (tripod cauldron)

This ding (tripod cauldron) is bronze, the metal of Chinese ritual, cast in piece-moulds so the Imperial workshop could repeat a shape the ancestors would…

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Celadon (qing-glaze) porcelain ewer

The piece is a ewer, and Celadon (qing-glaze) porcelain is the technique that decides how it reads. The pattern is laid before firing, so the colour sits u…

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Celadon (qing-glaze) porcelain object

The piece is a object, and Celadon (qing-glaze) porcelain is the technique that decides how it reads. The pattern is laid before firing, so the colour sits…

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Celadon (qing-glaze) porcelain jar

The piece is a jar, and Celadon (qing-glaze) porcelain is the technique that decides how it reads. The pattern is laid before firing, so the colour sits un…

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Celadon (qing-glaze) porcelain ewer

The piece is a ewer, and Celadon (qing-glaze) porcelain is the technique that decides how it reads. The pattern is laid before firing, so the colour sits u…

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Celadon (qing-glaze) porcelain jar

This jar belongs to the long argument about Chinese porcelain: a celadon (qing-glaze) porcelain body, thrown, glazed and fired until the surface turns to g…

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