Jade object
The object is a study in patience. Jade holds a polish no metal keeps, and the Imperial workshop used that slow shine to signal rank and restraint at once.
Jade ring
This ring is cut from jade, the stone the Chinese court valued above every other because it could be worked but never rushed. Jade does not bend; the carve…
Imperial alms bowl
This alms bowl belongs to the long argument about Chinese porcelain: a porcelain body, thrown, glazed and fired until the surface turns to glass. the Imper…
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Imperial ewer
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…
Celadon (qing-glaze) porcelain object
This object belongs to the long argument about Chinese porcelain: a celadon (qing-glaze) porcelain body, thrown, glazed and fired until the surface turns t…
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Imperial ewer
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…
Imperial vase
This vase belongs to the long argument about Chinese porcelain: a porcelain body, thrown, glazed and fired until the surface turns to glass. the Imperial w…
Imperial cup
The piece is a cup, and Porcelain is the technique that decides how it reads. The pattern is laid before firing, so the colour sits under a clear glaze, pr…
Imperial bowl
This bowl belongs to the long argument about Chinese porcelain: a porcelain body, thrown, glazed and fired until the surface turns to glass. the Cishan cul…
Imperial vase
The piece is a vase, 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…