Author name: Jianle Liu

Wang Hui’s Thatched Cottage 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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Li Shizhuo Osmanthus Moon Rabbit 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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White jade open-carved reed and wild goose pattern insert

This object is cut from white jade, the stone the Chinese court valued above every other because it could be worked but never rushed. Jade does not bend; t…

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Sapphire phoenix bat pattern Ruyi

This ruyi scepter is cut from green jade, the stone the Chinese court valued above every other because it could be worked but never rushed. Jade does not b…

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Huang Yuqin style paperweight

The object is a study in patience. Yellow jade holds a polish no metal keeps, and the Imperial workshop used that slow shine to signal rank and restraint a…

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Jade dragon chi pattern wash

This washer 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 car…

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