Jun kiln sky blue glaze plate
The piece is a plate, and Blue-glazed porcelain is the technique that decides how it reads. The pattern is laid before firing, so the colour sits under a c…
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Yixing kiln purple sand clay pot with tea-cooking illustrations and inscribed poems made by Emperor Qianlong
This ewer belongs to the long argument about Chinese porcelain: a porcelain body, thrown, glazed and fired until the surface turns to glass. the 乾隆 worksho…
Ding kiln white glaze bowl
The piece is a bowl, and White-glazed porcelain is the technique that decides how it reads. The pattern is laid before firing, so the colour sits under a c…
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Yue kiln celadon-glazed melon-edge teapot
This ewer belongs to the long argument about Chinese porcelain: a celadon (qing-glaze) porcelain body, thrown, glazed and fired until the surface turns to…
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Jun kiln sky blue glaze purple and red spot bowl
The piece is a bowl, and Blue-glazed porcelain is the technique that decides how it reads. The pattern is laid before firing, so the colour sits under a cl…
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Wang Hui’s antique landscape album
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.
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Yixing kiln purple sand clay pot with tea-cooking illustrations and inscribed poems made by Emperor Qianlong
This ewer belongs to the long argument about Chinese porcelain: a porcelain body, thrown, glazed and fired until the surface turns to glass. the 乾隆 worksho…
Zhou Quan Flowers, Birds and Insects Album
This album is a flowers-and-birds painting, the Chinese picture made to be unrolled or unpinned a section at a time rather than seen all at once. the Imper…
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White glaze engraved Qianlong imperial poem seal Tianluliu cloud pattern flower mouth square wash
The piece is a brush washer, and White-glazed porcelain is the technique that decides how it reads. The pattern is laid before firing, so the colour sits u…
Wang Hui’s antique landscape album
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…
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