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发帖数: 6973 | 1 Eve M Kahn, Prized Chinese Crafts, Delicate and Detailed. New York Times,
Jan 28, 2011. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/arts/design/
28antiques.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=chinese%20enamels&st=cse
My comment:
(a) The photo is for the second report (titled On Display Underground) of
this column Antiques.
(b) cloisonné
(i) cloisonné (n; French, from past participle of cloisonner to partition;
First Known Use: 1863): "of, relating to, or being a style of enamel
decoration in which the enamel is applied an... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 2 (continued)
Note:
(a) Saudi Aramco is "the state-owned national oil company of Saudi Arabia.
It is the largest oil corporation in the world with the largest proven crude
oil reserves and production." Wikipedia.
(b) Tangier is a city in northern Morocco.
(c) cloisonné
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloisonné
("Cloisonné first developed in the Near East. It spread to the Byzantine
Empire and from there along the Silk Road to China. Chinese cloisonné is
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发帖数: 217 | 3 http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2015309,00.html
The Forbidden City's Last Secrets Head to the U.S.
By Austin Ramzy / Beijing Saturday, Sep. 04, 2010
"Now we can go into the wild," says Nancy Berliner as we step into a garden
overgrown with waist-high weeds in the center of Beijing. This is no
abandoned lot, but a largely untouched corner of the Chinese capital's famed
Forbidden City. Nearby, hordes of tourists plod across the vast imperial
plazas. But in the garden, the only swarms... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 190 | 4 Typical indoor decoration in mid/late Ching dyn. More commonly seen with
cloisonne planters.
The one intact with jade planter could be valued RMB3,000-5,000 in auctions.
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