Author name: Jianle Liu

Blue and white lotus pattern holding pot

The piece is a ewer, 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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Bright red glazed monk’s hat pot

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

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Qi Baishi Plum Magpie 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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Qianguhuqiuqianshan map axis

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Wu Zhi Mei Stone Narcissus Fan

This fan 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 that m…

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Lengmei Wutong Double Rabbit Scroll

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Jujie landscape axis

The hanging scroll is landscape painting, and the medium decides the pace. Ink and colour on silk or paper ask to be read slowly, the eye led rather than s…

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Ding Guanpeng’s painting of Infinite Life Buddha scroll

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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Yuanji Bamboo and Stone Figure Scroll

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Qiu Ying’s orchid painting page

This album leaf 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…

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