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[tibetan proverb+the jewel in the lotus] Ping An Theater - dharma chakra pendants

noreply@blogger.com (Amidiu) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:09:00 +0000

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Qing Dynasty
Length: 54.4cm
Diameter: 2.8cm

Modeled after its bamboo counterpart, the jadeite xiao is carved with seven bamboo joints in intaglio. It is hollow inside and has a semicircular blowing hole and six sound holes, with five of the sound holes on top and one at the bottom. There's a string hole at one end of the instrument for attaching the silk tassels.

Xiao is an ancient Chinese musical instrument. It originally had four holes befor

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[lether bracelet eyong] Yongjia Kunqu Opera Troup - pendentif tibetin

noreply@blogger.com (Amidiu) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:36:00 +0000

Yongjia Kunqu Opera Troupe, Yong Kun in brief, is the one from the big family of Kunqu Opera with its own charm. In the traditional theatrical pieces of Yong Kun, many priceless operatic tunes of "Southern Drama" and unique artistic styles have been still retained.

In the end of 1940s, Yongjia Kunqu Opera declined gradually; there were only one or t

Qing Dynasty
Perimeter: 17.5cm
Width: 2.2cm

The pearl bracelet is composed of four strings of eastern pearls arranged in rows. The two rows in the middle are separated by 21 vertically-arranged units of pearls, with each unit containing two pearls. The two rows on the top and at the bottom are separated from other rows by 21 one-pearl units. The buckles at both ends are made of platinum. The main buckle at one end is inlaid with an eas

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[napal malas] Natural green duan inksto - napal malas

noreply@blogger.com (Amidiu) — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:53:00 +0000

Qing Dynasty
By Zhang Tingji
Length: 13cm, width: 9.6cm, height: 2.9cm

Signed "Zhang Tingji" in running script. The green inkstone was quarried from Xiaoxiang Gorge of the Duan River. The stone is naturally flat on six sides, slightly trapezoidal in shape. Its well is edged with the character for "well", jing, and fla

Ming dynasty, Yongle period (1403-1424)
Gilt brass; H. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)

Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, is one of the most important deities in the Buddhist pantheon, and is depicted in a variety of manifestations. In his four-armed form, he holds an arrow and bow, as well as his traditional sword and book, a volume of the Prajnaparamita Sutra (a text on the perfection of wisdom). The first two implements illustrate his capacity to defeat egotism, the second his abil

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[bracelet cr?ne tibet] White Space Beijing - eyongs bijoux indiens

noreply@blogger.com (Amidiu) — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:59:00 +0000

WHITE SPACE BEIJING was founded by Alexander Ochs in February 2004. WHITE SPACE BEIJING is an independent Chinese program gallery, directed by Tian Yuan and collaborates with ALEXANDER OCHS GALLERIES BERLIN I BEIJING.

Since 1992 Alexander Ochs has exhibited Chinese artists in Europe. In 1997 he founded his own gallery in Berlin, which focuses on east-Asian artists. Consequently, WHITE SPACE BEIJING has an important European partner conn

Blueness Art Gallery(beijing) is committed to study and collect the oil paintings from contemporary chinese artists who were born in 1970s. The oil paintings in Blueness Art Gallery are contemporary style with new, free actors as well as traditional actors.

Blueness Art Gallery devotes itself to found new aesthetics in Chinese oil painting. The lotus is Bluen

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[bijoux argent tibet] Beijing Opera - artisan handmade chain style necklaces

noreply@blogger.com (Amidiu) — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:11:00 +0000

As the most influential sort of traditional operas in China, Beijing Opera has a long history, following the Kunqu Opera (a class of tunes originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu). Since the fifty-fifth year (1791A.D.) of Emperor Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty, the four major Anhui opera troupes who originally gave performances in South China entered successively into Beijing. Th

Song Dynasty
Ink and color on silk
25*26.5cm

The parasol ages but the myna is still at its prime. The withered leaves make their last appearance and contrast with the youth and good looks of the myna. The artist paints the bird in great detail. Its feathers at its beak, cheek, neck, breast, wings and tail are painted accurately

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[bracelet cuir indien] Han Gan: A Master Painter - bracelet cuir indien

noreply@blogger.com (Amidiu) — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:07:00 +0000

Native of Xi’an, Shaanxi Province; student of the noted horse painter Cao Ba, court painter. He was a master horse and figure painter who attached importance to drawing from nature. He was known for portraying not only the physical likeness of a horse but also its spirit and created the model of the full-flanked, robust Tang horse which seems ready to leap off the paper as soon as it is outlined with

Qimo (stage props) is the name for all stage properties and some simple decorations. The term first occurred in the Jin Dynasty (265-420). Qimo includes articles of everyday life such as candlesticks, lanterns, fans, handkerchiefs, brushes, paper, ink and ink slabs, and tea and wine sets. The props also include: sedan chairs, vehicle flags, oars, and horsewhips, as well as weapons. Also employed are various articles to demonstrate environments, such as cloth backdro

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[buddhist combined ba bao] Jia Shigu: A Marvelous St - tibetan jewelry store

noreply@blogger.com (Amidiu) — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:22:00 +0000

Jia Shigu (Ming dynasty, dated 1551
Wen Zhengming (1470-1559)
Album of eight paintings with facing pages of calligraphy; ink on paper; 10 7/16 x 10 3/4 in. (26.6 x 27.3 cm)

The Garden of the Unsuccessful Politician (Zhuozheng Yuan) was established on the site of an ancient temple in Suzhou by the censor Wan Xianchen (active ca. 1500-1535) during the Jiajing reign (1522-66). In 1527, after an unhappy stay in Beijing, Wen Zhengming returned to Suzh

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[stone jewelry] Chinese Contemporary Gall - crystal jewelry

noreply@blogger.com (Amidiu) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:38:00 +0000

Chinese Contemporary gallery first opened ten years ago in 1996 in London. In 2004 it opened its second gallery at Factory 798 in Beijing. Having been the first gallery in the West dedicated to contemporary Chinese art, Chinese Contemporary was the fourth gallery to open at Factory 798. Factory 798 has grown from an artists' studio hideaway to beco

Stone
Northern Qi Dynasty
Height: 161cm

In China, Buddhism achieved great developments in both the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Carved in white stone, this Sakyamuni Buddha statue was made in the Northern Qi Dynasty, a regime founded by northern nomadic tribes. The Buddha's eyes are gently closed, corners of the mouth turning up slightly. A faint smile appears on Sakyamuni's plump f

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[gems jewelry] Shanghai Peking Opera The - tibetan rings

noreply@blogger.com (Amidiu) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:17:00 +0000

Shanghai Peking Opera Theater was founded in March 1955, with Zhou Xinfang, a renowned Peking Opera master, as its first president.

Shanghai Peking Opera Theater is a key performer of Peking Opera of Shanghai School, major actors including Shang Changrong, Li Bingshu, Fang Xiaoya, and so on. Its representative plays such as Cao Cao and Yang Xiu, Beauty Defies Tyranny, the Cave o

These are percussion musical instruments unique to ancient China. The zhong are made of bronze while the qing generally of stone. They may be played either individually or in groups. In the latter case, they are hung in rows on wooden racks and known respectively as bianzhong and bianqing. Struck with wooden hammers, they produc

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[tibetan ring] Pata Gallery - tibetan bracelets

noreply@blogger.com (Amidiu) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:50:00 +0000

PATA Gallery was founded in 1987. It has built up a great reputation in the Art Gallery business. The founder, Mr. Hsu Tung-Lung, graduated from National Taiwan normal University Fine Arts department.

He is a master in jade carving, stone carving, and oil painting. He has won many awards and his works have been shown in many art exhibitions. In addition to his great art skills, his abundant experience of running ten different businesses makes his ability unique and original in apprecia

For anybody who still watches the news these days, the international art market, which some think is led by the phenomenal rise of contemporary Chinese art, is on the brink of tumbling. Pieces that would have easily fetched hundreds of thousands of dollars have gone unsold at auctions; galleries have shut down in the middle of refurbishment; and artists who had previously been limoed around for show openings have suddenly found time to paint.

Amid all the doom-talking and fear-mongering, one plac

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[tibetan buddhist] Eggshell China - tibetan buddhist

noreply@blogger.com (Amidiu) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:50:00 +0000

A gem of Chinese ceramics, eggshell china is remarkable first of all for its extraordinary thinness. Yet it is appreciated also because it is spotlessly white, translucent, and sonorous when tapped. It is made mainly into bowls, vases, cups, lampshades and articles for use in the study. Whatever form it assumes, one may appreciate through its paper-thin wall the coloured painti

Born in 1939, Du Yingqiang is a native of Cheng Hai county, Guangdong province. He is a member of the Chinese Artists Association, member of the Chinese Block Print Artists Association, executive director of the Guangdong Artists Association, president of Shantou Painting Academy. He is rated as a national first-class artist.
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[prayer wheel] Huizhou Three Carvings - buddha jewelry

noreply@blogger.com (Amidiu) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:34:00 +0000

The three most famous caving styles in Huizhuo are, brick, stone, and wood carving. The three carvings originated in Song Dynasty and reached their peak in Ming and Qing Dynasty. The carvings are mainly used as decorations for civil residences, ancestral temples, arches and handicrafts like furniture, shelter

Song Dynasty
Ink and color on silk
28.4*28cm

By the lotus pond in deep autumn, a female crab crawls on a withered lotus leaf half submerged in water, disturbing the water and causing ripples to form, where the yellowing knotweed, reed, waterweeds and lotus presage autumn. The undulating but determined lines are sure signs of an accomplished painte

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[jewelry] Calligraphy in the Yuan D - dzi beads

noreply@blogger.com (Amidiu) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:34:00 +0000

Enthusiastically modeling after the ancient masters was the mainstream of Yuan Dynasty calligraphy, which actually suffocated creation. The leading role in calligraphy of Yuan was played by Zhao Mengfu, who was versed in almost all styles: seal script, official script, regular script, running script and cursive script. The Zhao style he created is one of the Four Styles of Chin

Diameter: 38cm
by Du Bingchen

This piece of carved lacquer floral basket plate adopted deep-relief engraving & hollow-out technique. It is careful to be carved many lifelike flowers in the plate. It implies that the garden is full of the beauty of spring.

Du Bingchen entered the Jinxinzhai Studio at 13 to study lacquer-ware techniques with the famous craftsman Zhang Bingzhi. He was quite young when he first started producin

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[buddha jewelry] TAN Xin-Pei - tibetan buddhist

noreply@blogger.com (Amidiu) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:09:00 +0000

A male role Lao Sheng player and the founder of TAN Style. He had a sounding reputation. It is said the all Lao Sheng players at his time were following his styles. The imitation of his arias could be heard across the street everywhere. He was a best known, superb to any other names like warlord or famous political figures. His famous plays includes " A Fisher's Rebelling", etc. His descendants follow his style, including his son, TAN Xiao-Pei, grandson, T

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Being magnificent or exquisite, Chinese architecture has formed its unique style. On the Shanghai Expo site, anyone can tell which one is the China Pavilion, Oriental Crown, because of its Douguan shape and Gugong Red. It is a perfect piece of architecture that conveys plenty of Chinese elements.

If the Oriental Crown is an ex

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[jewelry pendant] The Eagle and the Magpie - tibetan bracelets

noreply@blogger.com (Amidiu) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:08:00 +0000

The Eagle and the Magpie
Lv Ji
Ink and color on paper
120.7 * 62.5 cm
Palace museum of Beijing

At the foot of a sheer precipice, a magpie resting on a bough extending across the painting is startled out of its sleep and extends its wings in an attempt to flee from a foraging eagle that has just landed on the cliff. The branch starts to shake with the sudden movements of the magpie, and the eagle, as if hearing something, turns its head to look but sees only two bees unlikely to appease its hu

Shun Art Gallery locates at 103/208 Loft 3, No.50 Moganshan Road. Group exhibitions and solo exhibitions are planned and held regularly in this 455sqm space, mainly for international communication on contemporary art. We aim at providing chances for Chinese young artists to show works as well as introducing overseas artists. We are also trying to cultivate talented curators via holding exhibitions

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[stone jewelry] Gilt-silver hairpin with - jewelry beads

noreply@blogger.com (Amidiu) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:20:00 +0000

Qing Dynasty
Length: 9.5cm
Width: 2cm

The handle of the hairpin is in the shape of gilt-silver lotus receptacles in three layers, with the second layer inlaid with a pearl and the third layer a sapphire.

The sapphire inlaid in this hairpin is big, smooth, lustrous and of top quality.

Founded in 1960 and originally located in the national historic landmark, Zhong Wang Fu palace complex, Suzhou Museum has been a highly-regarded regional museum with a number of significant Chinese cultural relics. A new museum designed by world famous architect I.M.Pei was completed in October 2006, covering over 10,700 square meter and located at the cross of Dongbe

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[tibetan silver] Beijing Lacquer Carving - tibetan silver

noreply@blogger.com (Amidiu) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:20:00 +0000

Beijing-carved lacquer ware is one of China's traditional arts and crafts. The lacquer ware is decorated with exquisite engravings, has a radiant luster, elegant shape, and the pieces are usually resistant to humidity, erosion and heat. The technique involves applying a natural lacquer on a wooden surface, then engraving delicate designs on the lacquer.

The ancient craftsmanship of carved lacquer originated in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) in today's Sichuan a

Wine vessel, Late Shang Dynasty
Height: 20.1cm
Length: 16.8cm

Two high mushroom-shaped pillars stand on this Jue' s spout. There are ridges on both sides of the belly and a beast mask handle on one side, with three prism-shaped feet pouting. The vessel has a two-character inscription " Ya Qi " and thus has its name.

This Jue's spout and tail as well as parts under the mouth are embellished with plantain leaves. The b

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[jewelry necklace] Prevalence of Scholar Pai - tibetan rings

noreply@blogger.com (Amidiu) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:01:00 +0000

The Yuan Dynasty is the first feudal society set up by minorities. The central government of the Yuan Dynasty divided the people into four classes, among which people inSouth Chinawere the lowest. In order to express their inner anger, men of letters painted a great number of pictures. Meanwhile, due to the unification of the whole country, and further cultu

Listed among one of ten ancient musical pieces, Autumn Moon over Han Palace actually does not have a very long history. Not concrete and definite in theme, the music is generally believed to express the hidden bitterness and depression suffered by palace maids in the imperial palace. The urheen version and zither version are forms of performance now widely in circulation.

Originally the firs

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[wholesale jewelry] Shanxi Dough Sculptures - buddha jewelry

noreply@blogger.com (Amidiu) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:12:00 +0000

The Shanxi people, famous for their rich variety of dishes made from wheat, aside from making various food with dough, also mold it into various "dough figures" to admire as well as for good luck. They send them to friends as gifts to extend lotions or pay tribute to gods. The dough figures are therefore also called edible artistic works.

The typical dough sculpture of northern Shanxi Province is the pudgy baby. The dough is fermented and steamed to depict the crawling, running and love

Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty
Height: 25cm
Diameter of mouth: 16.5cm
Weight: 4500g

With a lion knob on top, the bell is ringed with a line of cloud head patterns and two lines of fret patterns. The top of the bell is adorned with fret patterns and the bottom is adorned with one-legged dragon patterns, with beast-face patterns in between.

The bell is a ritual and musical instrument of ancient China. In the Qing Dynasty, a bell was in most cases pla

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[tibetan pendants] A Large Pale Celadon Jade - jewelry pendant

noreply@blogger.com (Amidiu) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:12:00 +0000

Qianlong period, Qing Dynasty
Height: 23.4cm

Exquisitely carved in high relief with SHOULAO carrying a peach in his hand, followed by two assistants balancing a jade musical stone suspended from a branch, climbing a mountain path towards a pavilion near the summit, the reverse with a deer under a pine tree on a rocky outcrop abo

Ivory carving is an old art in China dating back to prehistoric times. From the ruins of the Yin Dynasty capital of 3,700 years ago knives and rulers made of ivory have been unearthed. The Record of the Warring States, a history written 20 centuries ago, tells of Mengchang, an aristocrat of the State of Qi, who "left his homeland for a tour abroad and, when he arrived in the state of Chu, presented an ivory bed...The bed was worth a thousand pieces of gold; the

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[coral jewelry] Kunqu opera masterpiece: - tibetan ring

noreply@blogger.com (Amidiu) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:37:00 +0000

"On the Pretext" (Jie Cha) from The Water Margin

This scene is drawn from one of several plays based on The Water Margin, one of China's most famous classical novels that theatregoers may know from the stories (and secnes!) about Wu Song of Lin Chong. The story takes place in the 12th Century (Song Dynasty), the novel was written in the 14th Century (late Yuan-early Ming Dynasty), and the play in the late 16th Century (Ming). T

In the early period of jade culture in China, almost all jade ware was used as daily articles such as jade needle and jade buckle etc.

After jade was exclusively used as sacrificial objects and ornaments, it usually appeared in the form of ritual objects and ornaments. Only the jade wine cup, case, pillow, hooker and se

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[silver jewelry] Jade handicraft - tibetan bracelets

noreply@blogger.com (Amidiu) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:36:00 +0000

Chinese handicraft has stood out in the endless flow of Chinese culture: It was an emblem of the ingenuity of the ancient Chinese. Today it still shines in the world. It began very early and develops very quickly. Its achievements are most remarkable.

Jade handicraft is the oldest Chinese handicraft. It dates back to the Neolithic Age, with a history of between five an

Qianlong period, Qing Dynasty
Height: 41cm

Of hexagonal form, each facet of the body and neck decorated with blossoming lotus stems enclosed within blue archaistic scroll borders, those on the narrow sides divided by one of the vertical gilt-copper borders which define the edges of the facets, with further flower sprays on blue-ground borders above and below, and with a pair of gilded chilong dragon handles.

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[jewelry necklace] Biographies of Lian Po an - buddha jewelry

noreply@blogger.com (Amidiu) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:25:00 +0000

Biographies of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru, ca. 1095
Huang Tingjian (Chinese, 1045–1105)
Handscroll; ink on paper; 12 3/4 in. x 59 ft. 9 in. (32.5 x 1822.4 cm)
Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988 (1989.363.4)

Poet, calligrapher, and Chan (Zen) Buddhist adept, Huang Tingjian shared the view of his contemporary Su Shi (1036–1101) that calligraphy should be s

Zhang Xu (
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[stone jewelry] CHANG ART - jewelry jewellery

noreply@blogger.com (Amidiu) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:24:00 +0000

CHANG ART is a Korean owned new international gallery with an exhibition space of 350m². It is located at the 798 Art Zone, which is constantly visited by many art aficionados, and is adjacent to Belgium's Ullens Center for Contemporary Art and Japan's Beijing Tokyo Art Projects.

Opening Times: Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00 - 18:30
Add: 798 Art Zone, No.4 Jiuxianqiao Rd, Chaoyang Di, Beijing
Tel: 86-10-5978 9898

Dong Xiwen (1914-1973) is a renowned artist using oil media. He ever studied at Suzhou Fine Art School, Hangzhou Fine Art School and Shanghai Fine Arts School. After 1946, he served as teacher at National Beiping Art School, and in the following years he was professor, head of Oil Media Studio and teacher of Oil Painting Department at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He was a member of the Creativity Board of Chinese Artists' Association. His representative works include of The Birth
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[tibetan rings] Trade downplayed at Art B - jewelry beads

noreply@blogger.com (Amidiu) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:11:00 +0000

With the economic slowdown heralding a bear market for contemporary art, getting a deal done is no longer the primary goal of exhibitors at this year's Art Beijing Contemporary Art Fair.

The 4th annual Art Beijing which opened on April 26, 2009, has attracted about 70 art galleries and organizations, dropping from the 100 or so last year.

"In the context of the financial crisis, many galleries didn't show up thinking no

Yu Changhai entered the Beijing Third Jade Production Cooperative in 1956 as an apprentice and began the study of jade carving from famous craftsmen Li Huanting and Xu Maolin. In 1962, he took part in the training course for applying the techniques of the main arts and crafts schools. In this traini

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