Category: Museum
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The Timeless Beauty of Chinese Porcelain: the Masterpiece of GeYao
Why Do We Love the Song Dynasty? During the Song Dynasty, porcelain craftsmanship reached its peak—a peak so high that subsequent generations could only follow a path of decline. This June, a Song/Yuan Dynasty GeYao Mallow-Shaped Brush Washer (哥窑灰青釉葵花式三足洗) personally collected by Elsa Peretti is about to be auctioned at Bonhams in Paris. This typical…
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Words More Valuable Than Gold
Nestled in the quiet town of Jingchuan (泾川), Dayun Temple (大云寺) is a place even most Chinese people have never visited. Though little known today, this region once held immense strategic and cultural significance. As the first major military outpost on the route from Chang’an to the Western Regions, it was a bustling hub on…
