Ding kiln white glaze flower mouth bowl
This bowl belongs to the long argument about Chinese porcelain: a white-glazed porcelain body, thrown, glazed and fired until the surface turns to glass. t…
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Ding Guanpeng’s painting of Infinite Life Buddha scroll
The hanging scroll 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.
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Ru kiln azure glaze plate
The piece is a plate, and Celadon (qing-glaze) porcelain is the technique that decides how it reads. The pattern is laid before firing, so the colour sits…
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Wu Li’s 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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Yue kiln green glaze 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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Jiang Shoucheng’s Landscape and Flower 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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Jun kiln rose purple glaze drum nail three-legged flower pot holder
The piece is a flower pot, and Jun-ware 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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Shen Zongjing’s 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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Jingdezhen kiln blue and white glaze carved plum vase
This vase belongs to the long argument about Chinese porcelain: a white-glazed porcelain body, thrown, glazed and fired until the surface turns to glass. t…
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Yixing kiln purple sand clay pot with tea-cooking illustrations and inscribed poems made by Emperor Qianlong
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…