The album is ink, and the medium decides the pace. Ink and colour on silk or paper ask to be read slowly, the eye led rather than struck.
Woodblock watermark Hu Ricong et al. Shizhuzhai genealogy album Read More »
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 wards off evil Read More »
The album 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 struck.
Xiang Shengmo’s Landscape and Flower Album Read More »
This object 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 bend; t…
Sapphire lying dog Read More »
This album 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…
Wang Lu Huashan Picture Book Read More »
The piece is a object, and Porcelain is the technique that decides how it reads. The pattern is laid before firing, so the colour sits under a clear glaze,…
Three-color riding and hunting figurine Read More »
The album 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 struck.
Hongren Landscape Book Read More »
This vase belongs to the long argument about Chinese porcelain: a blue-and-white porcelain body, thrown, glazed and fired until the surface turns to glass.…
Blue and white landscape figure stick vase Read More »
This album 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 Imperial pain…
Wang Hui’s Landscape Collection Read More »
The piece is a bowl, and Famille-rose (fencai) porcelain is the technique that decides how it reads. The pattern is laid before firing, so the colour sits…
Lotus pastel flower and bird pattern tall bowl Read More »
