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META-MUSEUM:THE CONSUMMATE GEORGIAN SILVERSMITH OF CANTON 一位技術高超的喬治時期廣東銀匠
THE CONSUMMATE GEORGIAN SILVERSMITH OF CANTON 一位技術高超的喬治時期廣東銀匠 I write prodigiously about Chinese Export Silver...
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META-MUSEUM:CHINESE EXPORT SILVER FLORAL TOURS DE FORCE 中國出口銀器上的花卉杰作
CHINESE EXPORT SILVER FLORAL TOURS DE FORCE 中國出口銀器上的花卉杰作 I have decided I must be a very privileged person. Not only am I constantly viewing outstanding items of silver as my academic research...
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META-MUSEUM: BEAM ME UP SCOTTY – OR PIPE ME ABOARD! The curious phenomenon...
I realise that many of the regular readers of my weekly articles might be thinking I’ve lost the plot by the title of this piece, but bear with me and all will be made clear, bizarre as it may seem at...
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META-MUSEUM: CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: FIRMLY FOOTED IN CHINESE MYTHOLOGY...
CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: FIRMLY FOOTED IN CHINESE MYTHOLOGY 中國出口銀器: 牢牢紮根於中國神話 All cultures have their own mythological hoofed beasts. The Etruscans had their minotaur, European mythology has its...
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META-MUSEUM: CHINESE EXPORT SILVER FOR THE ISLAMIC WORLD 伊斯蘭世界的中國出口銀器.
CHINESE EXPORT SILVER FOR THE ISLAMIC WORLD 伊斯蘭世界的中國出口銀器. It was back in 2012 that I first wrote an article about Chinese Export Silver that was clearly made for the Islamic world. A further year of...
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META-MUSEUM: CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: The oddities, the mysteries & sometimes...
One of the many advantages of being known as carrying out in-depth research into Chinese Export Silver and its complex history is that I receive a huge number of images from people from around the...
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META-MUSEUM: CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: The Art of the Silver Cage 中國出口銀器: 銀籠子的藝術
Chinese Export Silver produced some extraordinary silversmiths by anyone’s standards; a much-used statement by me and one I am oft criticised about. There is an unwritten hierarchy of perceived best...
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META-MUSEUM: CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: An Almighty Battle Royal Over a Tea Set!...
CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: An Almighty Battle Royal Over a Tea Set! 中國出口銀器: 一套茶具上的偉大戰役! Inundated though I am with images of Chinese Export Silver, both shared by others from around the world and...
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META-MUSEUM: Pearl River Meets East River Over a Chinese Export Silver Box!...
Pearl River Meets East River Over a Chinese Export Silver Box! 珠江在一個中國出口銀盒上遇到了紐約的東河! For a nation that had been almost totally introspective to the point of being hermetically sealed off for hundreds...
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META-MUSEUM: CHINESE EXPORT SILVER GETS THE BLUES 中國出口銀器也憂鬱
CHINESE EXPORT SILVER GETS THE BLUES 中國出口銀器也憂鬱 The striking iridescent blue of kingfisher feathers have been highly prized in China for at least 2500 years. Their widespread use in hair ornaments and...
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META-MUSEUM:CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: When Sun Shone on Canton for 95 Years!...
CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: When Sun Shone on Canton for 95 Years! 中國出口銀器: 陽光普照著廣州城的那九十五年. I’ve been aware of some debate recently over referenced manufacturing periods for some of the Chinese Export...
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META-MUSEUM:CHINESE EXPORT SILVER:The Ultimate Tea Ceremony 中國出口銀器: 終極茶道
CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: The Ultimate Tea Ceremony 中國出口銀器: 終極茶道 Chinese Export Silver was very much a product of the China Trade which in itself was a phenomenon born out of the long-established silk...
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META-MUSEUM: CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: Takes a cup of kindness yet 中國出口銀器:...
There are not many things the West and China had in common in the 18th and 19th centuries, but certainly one thing both cultures shared was a penchant for drinking alcohol. Alcohol and silver have...
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META-MUSEUM:CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: Lustrous Beacons of Excellence 中國出口銀器:...
CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: Lustrous Beacons of Excellence 中國出口銀器: 明亮的卓越之燈塔 Chinese Export Silver is without doubt the most mysterious silver category the world ever saw. Only now, over 70 years after...
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META-MUSEUM: Chinese Export Silver: Canton Georgian Gems in Massachusetts...
Chinese Export Silver: Canton Georgian Gems in Massachusetts...
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META-MUSEUM: CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: Passing the salt in style – for 8000...
To many of us, we might be aware of the connotations that salt has with monarchy – a substance of high value and denoting high status. We might also be aware of the connections of salt with the...
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META-MUSEUM: The Complex Hierarchy of The China Trade Relative to the Chinese...
Chinese Export Silver was very much a product of the China Trade, but the period between 1757-1842 is now known as the Old China Trade. Despite frenetic attempts by the Emperor to restrict European...
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META-MUSEUM:CHINESE EXPORT SILVER – Masters of the Tazza 中國出口銀器: 藝術大師級的高腳盤子
It is equally perplexing to find the origins of the object we know as a “tazza” as to understand why Chinese silversmiths during the Chinese Export Silver period [1785-1940] both excelled at and took...
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META-MUSEUM:CHINESE EXPORT SILVER HITS GOLD AT HERITAGE 讓中國出口銀器金榜題名的傳承(拍賣行)
At the back end of August this year, the Dallas-based auction house Heritage Auctions had consulted with me regarding some items of Chinese Export Silver due to be consigned in a mixed silver sale for...
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META-MUSEUM:SAVOIR FAIRE &“L’ART DE LA TABLE” – SO TYPICALLY CHINESE!...
A well-set dining table may be likened to a stage set; it can speak volumes about an occasion, the person who set it and it contains a plethora of subtle [and sometimes not so subtle] social messages...
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