Chinese Art, 2000 BC - 1800 AD
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Topic: Chinese Art, 2000 BC - 1800 AD
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Subject: Chinese Art, 2000 BC - 1800 AD
Date Posted: 22-Oct-2006 at 07:31
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Charles Lang Freer Gallery of the Smithsonian Museum, Washington D.C., and other assorted pics with neolithic, ancient, medieval, and early modern age Chinese below... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freer_Gallery_of_Art - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freer_Gallery_of_Art http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/results.cfm?group=Chinese%20Art - http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/results...p=Chinese%20Art SIMPLE DIRECTIONS: Don't bother clicking on the thumbnails themselves, just click on the web links below the written description of each thumbnail pic, and it will bring you to a pop-up window where the large-size image of that pic is! Enjoy! http://thumbsnap.com/v/KJMa1C68.jpg">  This painting entitled Guan-Yin and the Fish Basket, 15th century AD, Ming Dynasty painting, anonymous painter. http://thumbsnap.com/vf/KJMa1C68.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/KJMa1C68.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/DGBz5OkU.jpg">  This painting is entitled, a Group of Lohan Floating Upon Waves and Clouds, painted in 1610, Ming Dynasty http://thumbsnap.com/vf/DGBz5OkU.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/DGBz5OkU.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/lPLuTzOs.jpg">  Eastern Han Dynasty Ding Tripod Vessel, earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze, 1st century AD http://thumbsnap.com/vf/lPLuTzOs.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/lPLuTzOs.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/mJIDI6fO.jpg">  Eastern Zhou Dynasty Basin (chien), bronze-cast vessel, 5th century BC http://thumbsnap.com/vf/mJIDI6fO.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/mJIDI6fO.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/tOMsw9E6.jpg">  Northern Qi Dynasty, Head of the Buddhist Disciple Ananda, limestone, late 6th century AD http://thumbsnap.com/vf/tOMsw9E6.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/tOMsw9E6.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/Aczv8GMw.jpg">  Ming Dynasty Red-Lacquer Box, Yongle Reign Period, 1403-1424 AD http://thumbsnap.com/vf/Aczv8GMw.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/Aczv8GMw.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/8vl6NRHe.jpg">  Northern Song Dynasty Statue of Guanyin, early 12th century AD http://thumbsnap.com/vf/8vl6NRHe.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/8vl6NRHe.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/gOrwAApz.jpg">  Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Zoomorphic-Bird Ritual Vessel, bronze with gold inlay, circa 500 BC http://thumbsnap.com/vf/gOrwAApz.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/gOrwAApz.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/asicuErH.jpg">  Ming Dynasty Porcelain Bowl, cobalt colorless glaze, Emperor Xuande period (1426-1435 AD) http://thumbsnap.com/vf/asicuErH.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/asicuErH.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/qBRFqG4b.jpg">  Tang Dynasty Silver Cup, intricate silver-smithed designs of animals and flower motif, early 8th century AD http://thumbsnap.com/vf/qBRFqG4b.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/qBRFqG4b.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/1U9BpF66.jpg">
 The towering Liao Dynasty Guanyin Painted-Clay Statue of Dule Temple, 984 AD http://thumbsnap.com/vf/1U9BpF66.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/1U9BpF66.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/TLdkPud0.jpg">  Ming Dynasty Porcelain Slops Jar (Zhadou), Zhengde Reign, 1506-1521 AD http://thumbsnap.com/vf/TLdkPud0.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/TLdkPud0.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/n4asi5ym.jpg">  Ladies Playing Double-Sixes, original by Zhou Fang (lived c. 730-800 AD), late 10th - early 11th century remake, Song Dynasty http://thumbsnap.com/vf/n4asi5ym.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/n4asi5ym.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/VHHEhwFZ.jpg">  Bronze Mirror, gold and silver inlay design of horse-riding chariots, Buddhist figures, and flying animals, dated from 220 - 589 AD, during the divisionary period http://thumbsnap.com/vf/VHHEhwFZ.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/VHHEhwFZ.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/PWEQrdLS.jpg">  Eastern Zhou Dynasty Bronze Mirror, gold and silver inlay designs of intertwined flying dragons, 5th-4th century BC, Warring States Era http://thumbsnap.com/vf/PWEQrdLS.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/PWEQrdLS.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/MQZxPPB7.jpg">  Eastern Zhou Dynasty Jade-carved Hair Comb (Jincun), 5th-4th century BC http://thumbsnap.com/vf/MQZxPPB7.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/MQZxPPB7.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/Nmgm58cQ.jpg">  Landscape Painting by Dong Yuan, 5 Dynasties and 10 Kingdoms Period, 10th century AD http://thumbsnap.com/vf/Nmgm58cQ.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/Nmgm58cQ.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/UwO68FPI.jpg">  Lady of Guo On a Spring Outing, by Zhang Xuan, 8th century AD, Tang Dynasty http://thumbsnap.com/vf/UwO68FPI.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/UwO68FPI.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/9X7i0dnb.jpg">  A Man Taking His Ease, painting on silk scroll, first half of 14th century AD, late Yuan Dynasty http://thumbsnap.com/vf/9X7i0dnb.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/9X7i0dnb.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/C55cgS9h.jpg">  The Hall of Precious Paintings, originally by Qiu Ying, 17th century remake http://thumbsnap.com/vf/C55cgS9h.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/C55cgS9h.jpg Eric
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Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 22-Oct-2006 at 07:32
http://thumbsnap.com/v/v0eFcfjn.jpg"> Peach Festival of the Queen Mother of the West, early 17th century Ming Dynasty http://thumbsnap.com/vf/v0eFcfjn.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/v0eFcfjn.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/elinxAg8.jpg">  The Original and well-preserved painting of Luohan Laundering, by Lin Tinggui, painted in 1178 AD, Southern Song Dynasty period http://thumbsnap.com/vf/elinxAg8.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/elinxAg8.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/ZqcqVhAa.jpg">  Northern Song Dynasty, porcelain Ding Ware Bottle, 11th-12th century http://thumbsnap.com/vf/ZqcqVhAa.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/ZqcqVhAa.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/d7JG1nmW.jpg">  Yuan Dynasty, plastic-dripped lacquer over wooden tray with pearl inlay design, late 13th - early 14th century AD http://thumbsnap.com/vf/d7JG1nmW.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/d7JG1nmW.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/8HOteBda.jpg">  Western Zhou Dynasty, Ritual Food Vessel (Fuding Ding), bronze-ware, dated 11th-10th century BC http://thumbsnap.com/vf/8HOteBda.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/8HOteBda.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/q4AFW71b.jpg">  Ming Dynasty, porcelain dish, Xuande Reign, 1426-1435 AD http://thumbsnap.com/vf/q4AFW71b.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/q4AFW71b.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/VqyGUYT3.jpg">  Tang Dynasty, gilded-bronze incense burner, dated 7th-8th century AD http://thumbsnap.com/vf/VqyGUYT3.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/VqyGUYT3.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/Yl9dDUYC.jpg">  Ming Dynasty, Low Table, plastic-dripped lacquer over wood, gold, silver, and pearl inlay design, late 16th century AD http://thumbsnap.com/vf/Yl9dDUYC.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/Yl9dDUYC.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/ozajagxH.jpg">  Tang Dynasty, Silver Stem Cup, 700-750 AD http://thumbsnap.com/vf/ozajagxH.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/ozajagxH.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/v7Bl0MUy.jpg">  Western Han Dynasty Covered Tripod, stoneware with mostly worn-off green-glaze celadon, 2nd Century BC http://thumbsnap.com/vf/v7Bl0MUy.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/v7Bl0MUy.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/KPrN62ZX.jpg">
 Qianlong Ispection Tour, painted handscroll, mid 18th century http://thumbsnap.com/vf/KPrN62ZX.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/KPrN62ZX.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/LFHVdrMv.jpg">  Qianlong Ispection Tour, painted handscroll, mid 18th century http://thumbsnap.com/vf/LFHVdrMv.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/LFHVdrMv.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/iaWfKaZ7.jpg">  Portrait of Lady Li, 1535 AD, Ming Dynasty Silk Hanging Scroll http://thumbsnap.com/v/iaWfKaZ7.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/v/iaWfKaZ7.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/z644igLM.jpg">  Portrait of Lady Li, 1535 AD, Ming Dynasty Silk Hanging Scroll http://thumbsnap.com/v/z644igLM.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/v/z644igLM.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/Q6LHwAsO.jpg">  Massive Leshan Buddha Stone Sculpture, 71 meters tall (233 feet), completed in 803 AD, Tang Dynasty; it is the largest stone-carved Buddha in the world http://thumbsnap.com/vf/Q6LHwAsO.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/Q6LHwAsO.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/1OGw5c2m.jpg">  Another image of the massive 9th century Leshan Buddha Sculpture http://thumbsnap.com/vf/1OGw5c2m.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/1OGw5c2m.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/LClz7OR8.jpg">  Stone Lohan Buddhist Statue in Meditation, 11th century AD, Northern Song Dynasty http://thumbsnap.com/v/LClz7OR8.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/v/LClz7OR8.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/ydpSW5Gv.jpg">  Eastern Han Dynasty Green Glaze Tripod Ding, 1st century AD http://thumbsnap.com/v/ydpSW5Gv.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/v/ydpSW5Gv.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/D37yILXW.jpg">  Life-size Horse Sculpture, 8th century, Tang Dynasty, Alberto Manuel Cheung Gallery of Arts http://thumbsnap.com/vf/D37yILXW.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/D37yILXW.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/jCrycg55.jpg">  Bronze-Cast Statue of Emperor Yongle (reigned 1402 - 1424 AD), Ming Dynasty http://thumbsnap.com/v/jCrycg55.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/v/jCrycg55.jpg ------------- |
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 22-Oct-2006 at 07:33
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HOLY CRAP! The greatest of all these paintings below, click on the link below the description to scan across the entire length of this old 11-meter-long painted handscroll: http://thumbsnap.com/v/TVTPhoTo.jpg">  Spring Festival (Qing Ming) on the River, this is an 18th century remake of an 11th century classic by Zhang Zerui http://thumbsnap.com/vf/TVTPhoTo.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/TVTPhoTo.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/OD0lGZSD.jpg">  Eastern Jin, Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies, original copy by Gu Kaizhi, 345-406 AD http://thumbsnap.com/vf/OD0lGZSD.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/OD0lGZSD.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/mHG5FwcP.jpg">  Eastern Jin Dynasty Landscape Painting, (circa 317-420 AD); this is another long handscroll, so when you click the link directly below, make sure to scan through the whole picture using the scroll bar, it's worth the look! http://thumbsnap.com/vf/mHG5FwcP.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/mHG5FwcP.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/9aoMv5nO.jpg">  A Bird Hovering over Blossoming Branches, 18th century Qing Dynasty http://thumbsnap.com/vf/9aoMv5nO.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/9aoMv5nO.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/Pip65bC3.jpg">  A Man Resting Under Pines; Two Boys Preparing Tea, 16th century AD, Ming Dynasty http://thumbsnap.com/vf/Pip65bC3.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/Pip65bC3.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/eKoV0W9B.jpg">  Toy Peddler and Children, 18th century, Qing Dynasty http://thumbsnap.com/vf/eKoV0W9B.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/eKoV0W9B.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/QkZ6i1Ak.jpg">  Original and well-preserved painting of Rock Bridge at Tiantai Mountain, by Zhou Jichang, 1178 AD, Southern Song Dynasty http://thumbsnap.com/vf/QkZ6i1Ak.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/QkZ6i1Ak.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/RaMJZ4Tw.jpg">  Painting of a Seated Luohan, 16th century AD, Ming Dynasty http://thumbsnap.com/vf/RaMJZ4Tw.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/RaMJZ4Tw.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/UrCRRj8t.jpg">  Java Sparrow on a Berry Branch, 15th century AD, early Ming Dynasty http://thumbsnap.com/vf/UrCRRj8t.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/UrCRRj8t.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/P1F2XLF7.jpg">  One of the Four Scenes Paintings, by Liu Songnian (1174-1224 AD), Southern Song Dynasty http://thumbsnap.com/vf/P1F2XLF7.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/P1F2XLF7.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/tgTa5lsv.jpg">  Ming Dynasty, red lacquer box over wood, intricate Chinese pavilion and ocean carving design, Hongzhi Reign (1488-1505) http://thumbsnap.com/vf/tgTa5lsv.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/tgTa5lsv.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/JFe8VIm8.jpg">  Ming Dynasty, porcelain Guan Shape Vase, intricate scene design of flowers and children playing, Jiajing Reign (1522-1566) http://www.imageshack.com/ - http://www.imageshack.com/ http://thumbsnap.com/v/UpH4mequ.jpg">  Ming Dynasty, Tibetan buddhist base mandala, enamels on brass, cloisonne, early 15th century, Yongle Reign http://thumbsnap.com/vf/UpH4mequ.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/UpH4mequ.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/iJz2Zr3Z.jpg">  Southern Song Dynasty, red lacquer over wood tray with mother-of-pearl inlay, 13th century http://thumbsnap.com/vf/iJz2Zr3Z.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/iJz2Zr3Z.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/SIXDNaxg.jpg">  Ming Dynasty, porcelain stem-bowl, Xuande reign, mid 15th century http://thumbsnap.com/vf/SIXDNaxg.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/SIXDNaxg.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/W2igKzgF.jpg">  Ming Dynasty, lacquered box with bamboo basketry, silver, gold, polychrome, 1573-1620 AD http://thumbsnap.com/vf/W2igKzgF.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/W2igKzgF.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/p1azU0Nf.jpg">  Song Dynasty Jade Cup (Bei), 11th-12th century AD http://thumbsnap.com/vf/p1azU0Nf.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/p1azU0Nf.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/v9ocvQo6.jpg">  Ming Dynasty, red-lacquer box over wood, intricate lacquer carving, 15th century AD http://thumbsnap.com/vf/v9ocvQo6.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/v9ocvQo6.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/HHckKFvb.jpg">  Qing Dynasty, porcelain vase, Qianlong reign (1736-1795) http://thumbsnap.com/vf/HHckKFvb.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/HHckKFvb.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/HQWaFVdA.jpg">  Eastern Zhou Dynasty, ritual wine vessel, bronze-ware, 5th century BC http://thumbsnap.com/vf/HQWaFVdA.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/HQWaFVdA.jpg ------------- |
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 22-Oct-2006 at 07:33
http://thumbsnap.com/v/JUb0ElQ4.jpg"> The Big Wild Goose Pagoda, brick construction, 64.5 meters (211.6 feet) high, built in 652 AD under the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty. http://thumbsnap.com/vf/JUb0ElQ4.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/JUb0ElQ4.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/daganQUl.jpg">  The Iron Pagoda of Youguo Temple, brick construction, 54.66 meters tall, built in 1049 AD in the Northern Song Period of China http://thumbsnap.com/vf/daganQUl.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/daganQUl.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/GN4OClju.jpg">  Yingxian Pagoda, 67.31 meters tall, original wood construction, built in 1056 AD, during the Liao/Northern Song Dynasty http://thumbsnap.com/vf/GN4OClju.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/GN4OClju.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/dbSTARZq.jpg">  Liu-He Pagoda, brick and wood construction, 59.89 meters tall (roughly 196.5 feet-tall), erected in 1152 AD during the Southern Song Dynasty of China http://thumbsnap.com/v/dbSTARZq.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/v/dbSTARZq.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/2FkizKiB.jpg">  Famen Temple's Real Spirit Pagoda, brick construction, 47 meters tall, built in 1579 AD during the Ming Dynasty in China http://thumbsnap.com/vf/2FkizKiB.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/2FkizKiB.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/OwhLWNgL.jpg">  The Anji (or Zhaozhou) Bridge, brick and stone segmental arch bridge, engineered by Li Chun, construction began in 595 AD, and was completed in 605 AD under the Sui Dynasty of China http://thumbsnap.com/vf/OwhLWNgL.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/OwhLWNgL.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/3ZQZibvq.jpg">  Eastern Han Dynasty Tomb Panel Relief, stone carving, 1st-2nd century AD http://thumbsnap.com/vf/3ZQZibvq.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/3ZQZibvq.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/SQlrceEf.jpg">  Tiger Under Snowy Pines, silk-scroll painting, early 17th century, Ming Dynasty http://thumbsnap.com/vf/SQlrceEf.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/SQlrceEf.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/uZABFl0e.jpg">  Taoist Immortals Walking on Water, late 14th century AD, early Ming Dynasty http://thumbsnap.com/vf/uZABFl0e.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/uZABFl0e.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/zbFxPJtp.jpg">  Eastern Zhou Dynasty Pilgrim Flask (Bian Hu), bronze inlaid with silver, 3rd century BC http://thumbsnap.com/vf/zbFxPJtp.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/zbFxPJtp.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/XHyeNSk7.jpg">
 The Forbidden City of Beijing, 720,000 square meters of area, 800 buildings with over 8,600 rooms, construction completed by 1420 AD, under the reign of the Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongle. http://thumbsnap.com/vf/XHyeNSk7.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/XHyeNSk7.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/xFUfSUmU.jpg">  Corner Tower of the Forbidden City http://thumbsnap.com/v/xFUfSUmU.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/v/xFUfSUmU.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/Vmd82CzX.jpg">  Canal view with palace Meridian Gate entrance of the Forbidden City in the background http://thumbsnap.com/vf/Vmd82CzX.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/Vmd82CzX.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/Rlla75Ch.jpg">  The Hall of Supreme Harmony within Beijing's Forbidden City http://thumbsnap.com/vf/Rlla75Ch.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/Rlla75Ch.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/5RLcobWP.jpg">  Forbidden City Throne Room http://thumbsnap.com/vf/5RLcobWP.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/5RLcobWP.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/qi9GxwZF.jpg">  The Terracotta Army of Qin, created and assembled by the year 210 BC by the First Qin Emperor (Qin Shihuangdi), located near modern-day Xian. A total of 8,099 terracotta figures were found in the outlying tombs to his main pyramid mausoleum, the figures including horses, soldiers, generals, and complete with bronze chariots and actual wielded weapons. http://thumbsnap.com/vf/qi9GxwZF.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/qi9GxwZF.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/HCBMq1HN.jpg">  Terracotta Soldiers, 3rd century BC http://thumbsnap.com/vf/HCBMq1HN.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/HCBMq1HN.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/goWhEwYb.jpg">  Terracotta Cavalryman holding the reins of his horse, 3rd century BC http://thumbsnap.com/vf/goWhEwYb.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/goWhEwYb.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/AdiS9uve.jpg">  Terracotta Army Officer General http://thumbsnap.com/vf/AdiS9uve.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/AdiS9uve.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/DpRaUxIQ.jpg">  Terracotta Army Bronze Chariot with Terracotta Horses http://thumbsnap.com/vf/DpRaUxIQ.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/DpRaUxIQ.jpg ------------- |
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 22-Oct-2006 at 07:34
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 Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Jade Dragon Plaque, 3rd century BC http://thumbsnap.com/vf/RuNP8Q5w.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/RuNP8Q5w.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/47K2kmNt.jpg">  Eastern Han Dynasty, Chimera with Rider, jade, 25-220 AD http://thumbsnap.com/vf/47K2kmNt.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/47K2kmNt.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/trNtnoSL.jpg">  Dwelling in Seclusion in the Summer Mountains, by Wang Mang, 1354 AD http://thumbsnap.com/vf/trNtnoSL.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/trNtnoSL.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/uCay4J5p.jpg">  Yuan Dynasty, lacquered box with engraved gold, 14th century http://thumbsnap.com/vf/uCay4J5p.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/uCay4J5p.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/8FiINqn8.jpg">  Ming Dynasty, blue-and-white porcelain flask, early 15th century AD http://thumbsnap.com/vf/8FiINqn8.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/8FiINqn8.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/9HoBUUtU.jpg">  Portrait of Yang Hong, Jingtai Reign, circa 1451 Ming Dynasty http://thumbsnap.com/vf/9HoBUUtU.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/9HoBUUtU.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/FnBcGOeJ.jpg">  Ming Dynasty Jade Libation Cup, 16th century http://thumbsnap.com/vf/FnBcGOeJ.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/FnBcGOeJ.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/Hemq5TsY.jpg">  Yuan Dynasty, Tripod-Shaped Incense Burner, marbelized stoneware, late 13th - early 14th century AD http://thumbsnap.com/vf/Hemq5TsY.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/Hemq5TsY.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/87mj53Hv.jpg">  Ming Dynasty, lacquer box over wood, 14th-17th century http://thumbsnap.com/vf/87mj53Hv.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/87mj53Hv.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/uI8b4eas.jpg">  Shang Dynasty, bronze bell (bo zhang), 12th-11th century BC http://thumbsnap.com/vf/uI8b4eas.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/uI8b4eas.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/XtH1CdLn.jpg">
 Western Han Dynasty silken banner found in the tombs at Mawangdui, dated 2nd century BC http://thumbsnap.com/v/XtH1CdLn.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/v/XtH1CdLn.jpg
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 A hanfu-robe garment found at Mawangdui, 2nd century BC
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 Ming Dynasty Painting on silk scroll, 16th century
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 Ming Dynasty silken embroidery, 16th century
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 Yuan/Ming Dynasty painting of Manjusri with a lion, mid 14th century AD
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 Yuan Dynasty Jun Ware Flower Pot, early 14th century
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 Ming Dynasty Porcelain, Fahua Ware Jar, 15th century AD
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 Ming Dynasty Yixing Ware Teapot of Li Chung-fang, 1620 AD
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 Qianlong reign (1736-1795) Stem Bowl with Attached Stand, Jingdezhen
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 Yuan Dynasty Longquan Ware Vase, stoneware with bisque panels, late 13th century - early 14th century
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Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 22-Oct-2006 at 21:03
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Yongle Palace Murals, Yuan Dynasty era, early 14th century AD
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 Jade Princess, Yongle Palace Murals
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 Yongle Palace Murals
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 Yongle Palace Murals
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 A Seated Lohan, Attendant, and a Dragon, 15th century Ming Dynasty
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 Painting of a basket with flowers, Ming Dynasty, 16th century AD
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 Bronze-gilt figuring of a standing Deva King, Tang Dynasty, 8th century AD
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 Northern Song Jun Ware Planter, stoneware with Jun glaze, early 12th century AD
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 Ming Vase, stoneware, early 17th century
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 Northern Song Vase, porcelain clay qingbai glaze, 11th century
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 Tang Dynasty Ewer (kundika), stoneware with straw-colored glaze, 8th century AD
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 Eastern Han Dynasty tomb jar, earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze, 1st century AD
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 The Imperial Park, by Qiu Ying, 16th century Ming Dynasty
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 Painting of Deer and Autumn Trees, by Wu Ming, 5 Dynasty and 10 Kingdoms period, 10th century AD
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 Sakyamuni Buddha Preaching, by Chang Sheng-wen, Southern Song Dynasty, circa 1200 AD
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 Tang Dynasty, porcelain bottle with lid, 8th century AD
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 Tang Dynasty, limestone head of buddha, circa 700 AD
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 Shang Dynasty, ritual bronze-ware wine container (jia), 13th century BC
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 Ming Dynasty, blue-and-white porcelain Jardiniere, early 15th century AD
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 Qing Dynasty, lacquer on wood, mother-of-pearl, silver, gold, late 17th - early 18th century
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Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 22-Oct-2006 at 21:43
They were so good with wood & lacquering.
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Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 22-Oct-2006 at 21:51
Wow. Looks like it's all carved. Who are the figures bottom left & right?:
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Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 22-Oct-2006 at 21:56
Nice.
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Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 22-Oct-2006 at 22:02
Pure ownage.
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Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 22-Oct-2006 at 22:29
My guess, from observation, would be the Buddhist Deva Kings (deities of the four cardinal directions) that were so popularly-portrayed in silver or gilt-bronze figurines, and stone statues during the Tang Dynasty.
I'm glad you liked the lacquer-work, so do I,
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Posted By: flyingzone
Date Posted: 22-Oct-2006 at 23:30
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Eric, thank you very much for these wonderful photos. It must have taken you a lot of work to upload them.
As you know, I am not an expert in Chinese art (and architecture) at all. But when I look at the pieces from the Tang Dynasty, I see quite a bit of Central Asian influence that I do not see in pieces from other periods (pre- and post-Tang), except in some Yuan pieces. Are those pieces quite representative of Tang art in general?
(I know Tang music was very much influenced by Central Asian music.)
http://thumbsnap.com/v/qBRFqG4b.jpg"> Tang Dynasty Silver Cup, intricate silver-smithed designs of animals and flower motif, early 8th century AD http://thumbsnap.com/v/VqyGUYT3.jpg"> Tang Dynasty, gilded-bronze incense burner, dated 7th-8th century AD http://thumbsnap.com/vf/VqyGUYT3.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/VqyGUYT3.jpg http://thumbsnap.com/v/ozajagxH.jpg"> Tang Dynasty, Silver Stem Cup, 700-750 AD http://thumbsnap.com/vf/ozajagxH.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/ozajagxH.jpg ------------- |
Posted By: flyingzone
Date Posted: 22-Oct-2006 at 23:36
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I also love lacquers. I used to have two beautiful Japanese lacquer bowls that I occasionally used for eating sticky rice or misu soup. But a friend of mine stupidly put one of them in the microwave (!) which totally destroyed it. ------------- |
Posted By: Kids
Date Posted: 22-Oct-2006 at 23:43
| http://www.allempires.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=4189&FID=31 - Preobrazhenskoe , nice job. Those are indeed some of most beautiful art pieces I have saw. |
Posted By: Kids
Date Posted: 22-Oct-2006 at 23:44
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I really like the Northern Song Dynasty Statue of Guanyin, early 12th century AD. |
Posted By: flyingzone
Date Posted: 22-Oct-2006 at 23:48
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lacquerware-roundbox-w-children.jpg"> Lacquer box with children, from Qianlong period, Qing Dynasty, 1736-1795, from National Museum of China, Beijing, PRC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacquer ------------- |
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 23-Oct-2006 at 00:38
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@ Flyingzone
I'm also aware the influence of Central Asia on Tang era music and musical instruments, but in terms of the silver-smithing animal and flower designs forged in the cups above, Chinese art beforehand and during the Tang era featured plenty of picturesque scenes with animals and nature (arguably as far back as the animals featured in various tomb murals of the Han Dynasty, but best exemplified in its maturity early on by such great artists as Gu Kaizhi, the famous landscape artist in the 4th century Eastern Jin period). As for the gilt-bronze incense burner, the lion/dragon-heads holding the interlocked rings weren't anything exceptionally new, the Chinese of the Eastern Zhou featured this in the artwork crowning their bronze-ware ritual vessels.
I'm sorry to hear about the lacquer in the microwave! Lol. It's just like putting a plastic army man in the microwave too.
I've seen that lacquer box from the Qianlong era as well, it's the best one I think I've ever seen out of the whole bunch, and that's saying a lot, considering how awesome the lacquer-ware items were that I posted above.
@ Kids
Thank you, kids, and yes, I too love the Guanyin statue from the late Northern Song Period. It's absolutely astonishing.
Great comments, guys! Keep them going...
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Posted By: Omnipotence
Date Posted: 23-Oct-2006 at 02:12
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http://thumbsnap.com/v/n4asi5ym.jpg"> Ladies Playing Double-Sixes, original by Zhou Fang (lived c. 730-800 AD), late 10th - early 11th century remake, Song Dynasty One can see from this painting that beauty is not a universal concept, but rather a style that changes with the times. I knew that mid-Tang people liked chubby-fat women, but I didn't know this applied for the Song. By the Ming era you can see pictures of skinnier women whose amt of fat are pretty in line with our modern concept of the perfect hourglass figure. |
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 23-Oct-2006 at 03:13
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Good points, Omnipotence. As seen through Pre-Tang-era scroll paintings, murals, and figurines/statues, women with slender bodies were actually preferred. As you noted here, Tang era women were most often plump, as it was seen as attractive then. Women during the Song period, however, once again became favored to be slender, as this Song Dynasty remake of Zhou Fang's painting is just that, a remake of a Tang-era painting. It is plausible, however, that since this particular painting is dated as early as the late 900s AD, that the leftover Tang era popularity of plump women was still somewhat of a social norm, since the Tang Dynasty had just fallen less than a century before, in 907 AD.
Food for thought, thanks for pointing that out Omnipotence,
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Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 23-Oct-2006 at 14:46
New favorites.
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Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 23-Oct-2006 at 14:51
We see so many imitations of this stuff. It's such a joke compared to the real thing.
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Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 23-Oct-2006 at 14:54
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Posted By: Siege Tower
Date Posted: 23-Oct-2006 at 15:47
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 24-Oct-2006 at 00:24
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Thanks for the pics Siege Tower! Awesome. That bronze piece you posted from the Song Dynasty, however, that looks a bit Zhou Dynasty/Warring States, don't you think? And I'm not just saying that because it's bronze (bronzework was an art even during the Qing Dynasty), but because of the ritual vessel animal style of it.
Do you remember where you found it?
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Posted By: Komnenos
Date Posted: 24-Oct-2006 at 02:28
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Great work! Brilliant overview over Chinese art throughout the ages.
I'm especially impressed by Chinese architecture, and mainly its pagodas whose simplicity and clarity is just striking, especially in comparison to what European architecture has produced in the same periods. ------------- [IMG]http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i137/komnenos/crosses1.jpg"> |
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 24-Oct-2006 at 03:41
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Thanks Komnenos, I'm a fan of Buddhist pagoda towers as well.
One of my favorites from the whole bunch is the original by Zhang Zerui (also known as Zhang Zeduan), this being an 18th century remake:
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Spring Festival (Qing Ming) on the River, this is an 18th century remake of an 11th century classic by Zhang Zerui http://thumbsnap.com/vf/TVTPhoTo.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/TVTPhoTo.jpg The original was awesome, but the one shown above takes the cake, if you care to scroll through the whole 11-meter-long painted scene. You can barely tell with this pic of it, but people are flying kites on the very extreme left side of the scroll, along with hundreds of other little scenes. Here's a small scale version with three different views:  Eric Eric ------------- |
Posted By: BigL
Date Posted: 24-Oct-2006 at 03:42
| I also find it funny that Fat women back then were considered more attractive.Someone should offer to write an article in a girls magazine to say the 'myth of being skinny and beutiful' with some tang painting. |
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 24-Oct-2006 at 03:48
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Well, I wouldn't go as far as to say they liked them all-out "fat," but they definitely preferred, how should I say this, the voluptuous full-figure. Lol.
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Posted By: Siege Tower
Date Posted: 24-Oct-2006 at 07:32
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i don t remember where i found it, but wow, member_profile.asp?PF=4189&FID=31 - Preobrazhenskoe , what is your time zone.
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Posted By: Siege Tower
Date Posted: 24-Oct-2006 at 07:35
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 24-Oct-2006 at 15:54
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I found this at wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Zeduan - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Zeduan
The Qingming Scroll is historically notable as one of the few paintings from the former imperial collection that is still in the possession of Mainland China; it was a particular favorite of emperor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puyi - Puyi , who took it with him to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchukuo - Manchukuo and thus kept the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Song_Dynasty - Southern Song Dynasty original out of the collection of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Palace_Museum - National Palace Museum which was subsequently moved to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan - Taiwan . The http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Palace_Museum - National Palace Museum in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan - Taiwan collects other versions painted by artists of subsequent dynasties http://www.npm.gov.tw/en/collection/selections_02.htm?docno=90&catno=15&pageno=5 - [1] . Now held at the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_City - Forbidden City , the Southern Song original is closely guarded by Chinese authorities and only exhibited for brief periods every few years.
However, they provide little info on the Qing Dynasty version.
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Posted By: Siege Tower
Date Posted: 24-Oct-2006 at 17:42
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thanks member_profile.asp?PF=4189&FID=31 - Preobrazhenskoe , oh, may i ask the origin of your name
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Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 24-Oct-2006 at 22:00
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Preobrazhenskoe is the town which the young Peter the Great of Czarist Russia spent his teen years at to get away from the oppressive regent Sophia. While Peter's half-retarded brother and co-Czar spent his days carrying out the court ritual under Sophia's watchful eye at the Kremlin in Moscow, Peter was busy building up his "play" army, drilling them daily, acting like a drummer boy or bombadier in his own "play" army, which he would later use to dispose of Sophia once and for all at the age of 17 and claim true power over the throne. Preobrazhenskoe was also the site that Peter used to mock the court and high-church officials by assigning his own mock-style officials with fake titles, and where Peter gained a lot of foreign German (hence Western) influence that would affect his reign style and policy later. Eric ------------- |
Posted By: snowybeagle
Date Posted: 24-Oct-2006 at 22:15
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Nice pictures, Eric.
Many tell a great story of inter-mixing of influences of Central Asia and the Central Plains, dispelling any myth of China being a monolithic and homogenous civilization.
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Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 25-Oct-2006 at 08:55
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There are 60,000 Chinese in my city (Montreal) so here's something from 1 of the local Chinese art galleries called the Chinese Garden gallery.
Entrance (Eric, what dynasty is this based on?):
 Entrance courtyard. The mural on the left features crested cranes, a symbol of longevity & happiness. The larger stones symbolize ancient Chinese deities (fuxing-luxing-shouxing):
 Another entrance (with lion guardians):
 The Friendship Hall (Ming dynasty architecture):
 Tang dynasty Penjing art (donated by the city of Shanghai):
 The Stone Boat, a smaller version of the Marble Boat, built at the Summer Palace in Beijing for Empress Cix in the late Qing dynasty (1644-1911). The lower terrace overlooks a lotus pond:
 I'll post some more when I have more time.
Rgds/Bill
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Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 25-Oct-2006 at 14:21
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Beautiful pics, Bill. In regards to the entrance and which dynasty that would be modeled on, I would say it looks a lot like the entrance ways of the famous gardens at Suzhou, China, which were built during the Ming Dynasty.
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Posted By: Siege Tower
Date Posted: 25-Oct-2006 at 15:41
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this type of entrance was very popular in late song dynasty.in my opinion, the Chinese Feng Sui is all about the arrangement of the buidings
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Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 25-Oct-2006 at 22:54
http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cizhoutypewarebottlestocs5.jpg"> Cizhou Type Ware Bottle, stoneware iron glaze, 13th-14th century AD, Yuan Dynasty http://img131.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cizhoutypewarebottlestovr8.jpg - http://img131.imageshack.us/my.php?image=c...ottlestovr8.jpg http://img214.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingdynastyporcelainbowoq4.jpg">  Ming Dynasty Porcelain Bowl, 1450-1500 AD http://img214.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingdynastyporcelainbowoq4.jpg - http://img214.imageshack.us/my.php?image=m...elainbowoq4.jpg http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tangdynastysilvercupwitgi3.jpg">  Tang Dynasty Silver Cup with Cover, 9th century AD http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tangdynastysilvercupwitgi3.jpg - http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=t...ercupwitgi3.jpg http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=northernsongdynastyyaozka6.jpg">  Northern Song Dynasty Yaozhou Bowl, 12th century, stoneware with celadon glaze http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=northernsongdynastyyaozka6.jpg - http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=n...astyyaozka6.jpg http://img217.imageshack.us/my.php?image=groupofgeeseunderasnowcpp7.jpg">  Group of Geese Under a Snow-Covered Willow, 16th century Ming Dynasty http://img217.imageshack.us/my.php?image=groupofgeeseunderasnowcpp7.jpg - http://img217.imageshack.us/my.php?image=g...erasnowcpp7.jpg http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lutungpinmingdynasty2tu5.jpg">  Lu Tung-Pin portrait, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lutungpinmingdynasty2au4.jpg - http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=l...dynasty2au4.jpg http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingdynastyporclaindishxo3.jpg">  Ming Dynasty Porclain Dish, 1506-1521 AD http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingdynastyporclaindishxo3.jpg - http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=m...laindishxo3.jpg http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=northernqiornorthernzhoec3.jpg">  Northern Qi or Northern Zhou Jar, earthenware with copper-green glaze, 6th century AD http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=northernqiornorthernzhoec3.jpg - http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=n...thernzhoec3.jpg http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=standingwomanbytangyineow5.jpg">  Standing Woman, by Tang Yin, early 16th century Ming Dynasty http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=standingwomanbytangyineow5.jpg - http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s...tangyineow5.jpg http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qianlongreign17361795nenr7.jpg">  Qianlong reign (1736-1795) Nephrite (Jade) Tripod Vessel with Cover, Western Zhou Style Bronzeware http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qianlongreign17361795nenr7.jpg - http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=q...361795nenr7.jpg Eric ------------- |
Posted By: poirot
Date Posted: 26-Oct-2006 at 05:00
Great threads Eric, wish there are more dedicated people like you 
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Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 26-Oct-2006 at 22:49
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Thanks Poirot, I try my best.
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Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 26-Oct-2006 at 23:17
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http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=easternzhoudynastybronzit8.jpg"> Eastern Zhou Dynasty, bronze Ritual Vessel (Fang Hu), 5th century BC http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=easternzhoudynastybronzit8.jpg - http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=e...stybronzit8.jpg http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=easternjindynastydeqingbj6.jpg"> Eastern Jin Dynasty, Deqing Ware Ewer, stoneware, 4th-5th century http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=easternjindynastydeqingbj6.jpg - http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=e...tydeqingbj6.jpg http://img120.imageshack.us/my.php?image=easternzhoudynastybronzhz7.jpg"> Eastern Zhou Dynasty, bronze bell (yong zhong), 6th century BC http://img120.imageshack.us/my.php?image=easternzhoudynastybronzhz7.jpg - http://img120.imageshack.us/my.php?image=e...stybronzhz7.jpg http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=yuandynastylacqueronwoouq0.jpg"> Yuan Dynasty, lacquer on wood box, late 13th century http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=yuandynastylacqueronwoouq0.jpg - http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=y...ueronwoouq0.jpg http://img120.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingdynastyboxwithcoverxx9.jpg"> Ming Dynasty, Box with cover, lacquer over wood, Wanli Reign (1573-1620) http://img120.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingdynastyboxwithcoverxx9.jpg - http://img120.imageshack.us/my.php?image=m...ithcoverxx9.jpg http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=northernsongdynastyjadeno1.jpg"> Northern Song Dynasty, jade hound, 10th-11th century http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=northernsongdynastyjadeno1.jpg - http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=n...astyjadeno1.jpg http://img101.imageshack.us/my.php?image=neolithicperiodjadecongvy4.jpg"> Neolithic Period, jade cong, circa 2000 BC http://img101.imageshack.us/my.php?image=neolithicperiodjadecongvy4.jpg - http://img101.imageshack.us/my.php?image=n...jadecongvy4.jpg http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastylacquerboxovxl2.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, lacquer box over wood, Qianlong reign (1736-1795) http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastylacquerboxovxl2.jpg - http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=q...uerboxovxl2.jpg http://img120.imageshack.us/my.php?image=springlandscapebymawan1yj3.jpg"> Spring Landscape, by Ma Wan, 1343 AD http://img120.imageshack.us/my.php?image=springlandscapebymawan1yj3.jpg - http://img120.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s...bymawan1yj3.jpg http://img120.imageshack.us/my.php?image=songdynastyjadevesselwiro1.jpg"> Song Dynasty jade vessel with elephant lugs, 12th-13th century http://img120.imageshack.us/my.php?image=songdynastyjadevesselwiro1.jpg - http://img120.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s...vesselwiro1.jpg Eric ------------- |
Posted By: jiangweibaoye
Date Posted: 27-Oct-2006 at 12:12
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Guys,
This is a wonderful thread you guys started.
I will try to contribute some pictures (I am sure you have them already) probably when the market closes.
Jiangwei
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Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 27-Oct-2006 at 14:32
Eric, since which dynasty have the Chinese been making those beautiful lanterns? Here's a few from the Chinese Garden gallery:
   "The use of decorative lanterns to brighten and illuminate Chinese festivities is said to date back to the Han dynasty (206 B.C.B220 A.D.), while the tradition of stringing up lanterns on the 15th day of the first lunar month was supposedly born during the Sui dynasty (581B618). It was during the Tang dynasty (618-907) that common people began using lanterns to mark the end of the New Year's celebration--a practice that had previously been an Imperial prerogative."
Rgds/Bill
http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin/en/chine/lanternes/lanternes_2002.htm - http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin/en/chine/lanternes/lanternes_2002.htm ------------- |
Posted By: Siege Tower
Date Posted: 27-Oct-2006 at 15:36
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you are definately, a few days ago, there was a Chinese Lattern Festival in Toronto, i was amused ------------- |
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 28-Oct-2006 at 18:29
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From this site here: http://www.chinatownhi.com/lanterns.asp - http://www.chinatownhi.com/lanterns.asp , it would seem to contradict the quote you posted above, Hellios, about the origins of the Chinese-style lantern during the Han Dynasty. Apparently, it went back a little farther than that, during the late Warring States Period, although back then it would have been out of other materials besides paper, since paper was an invention in China since the early 2nd century with the court eunuch known as Cai Lun.
"Originating as far back as 250 B.C., the basic Chinese lantern has remained unchanged in design. The sleeve or frame that surrounds the candle is assembled from pliable bamboo, sturdy redwood or inexpensive wire. To soften the harsh light of a naked flame, thin or oiled paper, gauze or silk fabric covers the frame to create the familiar flattering, soft glow. In contrast to the simplicity of the standard spherical lantern, the zouma deng lantern was designed during the Song dynasty (960-1279), an era of innovation that included developments in type printing, gunpowder and paper currency. The zouma deng resembles a miniature pavilion with upturned eaves. An inner wire shaft is fitted with paper vanes, and the heat current generated from the flame rotates the shaft, setting a paper cutout in a charming merry-go-round motion, hence the name, since zouma deng means "roundabout."
The lantern played an important role in military communications, particularly when the Chinese Empire was divided into three warring kingdoms. The Chinese historical tome Romance of the Three Kingdoms, set during the Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 220), describes how the respected military strategist and war hero Zhuge Liang (nicknamed Kung Ming) made a special lantern designed to alert neighboring ally cities of approaching attack or danger. A strip of kerosene-soused cloth or paper was ignited and placed inside a lamp that floated upward into the night sky. In times of peace, the size and elevation of lanterns hanging outside houses indicated social status in Chinese society. To show off wealth, Chinese elite hung lanterns made of silk velvet from second-floor balconies and verandas. Lanterns belonging to the rich were so large that they required several men with poles to hang them. At the onset of the Cultural Revolution, the lantern, like many other Chinese arts, was deemed ourgeois and banned for the next decade. But visitors today will find a voluminous array of once-forbidden lanterns located above Chairman Mao’s portrait on Tiananmen Tower."
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Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 30-Oct-2006 at 17:36
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The earliest surviving examples of Chinese paintings we have are from the Warring States Period (481-221 BC) and Han Dynasty (202 BC - 220 AD) painted on silk or tomb murals painted on rock, brick, and stone. However, the earliest of these paintings during the late Zhou period were rudimentary, 2 dimensional scenes of mythical creatures and people drawn in the same continual, stylized format, nothing like the people and creatures depicted in the same time period on the intricate 3 dimensional art of ancient Shang and Zhou Dynasty bronze-wares, jade carvings, and the enormous Terracotta Army assembled in life-like men and horses for the tomb of the First Qin Emperor (died in 210 BC). In the ancient Shang, Zhou, Qin, and Han Dynasties, the functions of art were often reserved for purposes of geomancy, funerary rights, representation of the mythological deities and ancestor spirits, in other words, mythological and religious in intent and practice. The First Qin Emperor truly believed that the 8,099 Terracotta men and horses he had thousands working to craft and labor on would serve to guard him in the afterlife. Warring States painting on silk of a man riding a dragon, Chu State tomb, 5th-3rd century BC:  Western Han Dynasty (202 BC - 8 AD) Silk Banner found in the tomb at Mawangdui  An example of Han Dynasty murals:     Tomb murals of horse-riders on a hunt and outing, Wei Dynasty (220-265 AD)  Even after the papermaking process was innovated by Cai Lun of the Eastern Han Dynasty (2nd century), paper wasn't necessarily the material of choice for exquisite paintings (although printed materials from the 9th century onwards on paper would feature inked artwork), as silk scrolls remained the prevalent method for those to express themselves through art. During the Wei and Western Jin Dynasties, mural paintings and painted decorations on silk became gradually more complex, but the real revolution in Chinese art (along with the introduction of professional landscape art) came during the Northern and Southern Dynasties Period (317-581 AD). It was during the early 4th century that the once centrally unifying Western Jin state was threatened and then defeated by oncoming northern steppe nomads known as the Xiongnu, who sacked the capital at Luoyang and forced the Jin court to flee south to establish their control over the southern half of China, establishing the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317-420 AD) at Jiankang (modern-day Nanjing). While culture in the north became a hybrid Chinese/northern nomadic fusion (the military ranks even drawn up opon the standards of nomadic cavalry units), the southern dynasties saw their own cultural flourishing apart from the northerners. It was here at Jiankang (Nanjing) where the social norms and accepted practices/pasttimes of a proper Confucian literati were developed and implemented. The most important sophisticated pasttimes of an upright Confucian scholar or bureaucrat became established as: 1. Writing and reciting poetry 2. Playing the musical instrument of the guqin (ancient Chinese stringed-zither) 4. Writing through fancy calligraphy 3. Painting, whether it be landscape, portrait, etc. Poetry became so emphasized in Chinese society during the Tang Dynasty, that it was actually made one of the required fields of study to master if one wanted to pass the rigid Civil Service and Imperial Exams in order to become a government official. However, for the purposes of this thread, I'll stick to painting. With a greater emphasis on painting came greater social expectations for one to achieve greater and more sophisticated artistic heights than their contemporaries, and especially their Han predecessors who were avid tomb mural and silken dress/banners/scroll painters. Arguably the greatest artistic painter during this time was the court official for the Eastern Jin known as Gu Kaizhi, who painted his first painting in Nanjing in 364 AD, at the age of 20. Gu Kaizhi was not only popular in his own time, but was revered by later artists who used him and his art as the prime example of matured Chinese art. Gu Kaizhi once wrote, "In figure paintings the clothes and the appearances were not very important. The eyes were the spirit and the decisive factor." Landscape Artwork and Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies originally painted by the Eastern Jin Dynasty master of art, Gu Kaizhi (lived 344-406 AD)   Eric ------------- |
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 30-Oct-2006 at 20:34
http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=theyangziriver13thcentupd1.jpg"> The Yangzi River, 13th century, Southern Song Dynasty era http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=theyangziriver13thcentupd1.jpg - http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=t...3thcentupd1.jpg http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=abodhisattvaandtwoattengf4.jpg">  A Bodhisattva and Two Attendants, Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=abodhisattvaandtwoattengf4.jpg - http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=a...twoattengf4.jpg http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=alohanandhisattendantmidr8.jpg">  A Lohan and His Attendant, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=alohanandhisattendantmidr8.jpg - http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=a...endantmidr8.jpg http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=birdsandplumblossomsminvh4.jpg">  Birds and Plum Blossoms, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=birdsandplumblossomsminvh4.jpg - http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=b...ssomsminvh4.jpg http://img242.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ahorse18thcenturyqingdyus1.jpg">  A Black and Smoke-Gray Horse, 18th century, Qing Dynasty http://img242.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ahorse18thcenturyqingdyus1.jpg - http://img242.imageshack.us/my.php?image=a...ryqingdyus1.jpg http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tangdynastybronzemirrorce0.jpg">  Tang Dynasty Bronze Mirror, 8th century http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tangdynastybronzemirrorce0.jpg - http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=t...zemirrorce0.jpg http://img206.imageshack.us/my.php?image=coromandelscreenwoodpaiza0.jpg">  Coromandel screen, wood painting, 1672 AD http://img206.imageshack.us/my.php?image=coromandelscreenwoodpaiza0.jpg - http://img206.imageshack.us/my.php?image=c...nwoodpaiza0.jpg http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=emperorzhezongreignguanwz5.jpg">  Northern Song Dynasty, Guanyin on a Rocky Edge, marble stele, Emperor Zhezong Reign, 1091 AD http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=emperorzhezongreignguanwz5.jpg - http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=e...eignguanwz5.jpg http://img179.imageshack.us/my.php?image=easternzhoudynastybelthub0.jpg">  Eastern Zhou Dynasty Belt Hook, pure jade, 4th century BC http://img179.imageshack.us/my.php?image=easternzhoudynastybelthub0.jpg - http://img179.imageshack.us/my.php?image=e...stybelthub0.jpg http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=southernsongdynastymallbj9.jpg">  Southern Song Dynasty Mallet Shaped Vase, stoneware with Guan-type glaze, 12th century http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=southernsongdynastymallbj9.jpg - http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s...astymallbj9.jpg Eric ------------- |
Posted By: flyingzone
Date Posted: 30-Oct-2006 at 22:16
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Eric, you seem to be quite an expert on Chinese art. I want to ask you a question that maybe quite a few of us who know little about Chinese art would like to ask - Can you tell the difference between the different styles and different periods of, say, Chinese painting?
I came across the following article which raised (and then answered) the same question. If you have time, could you take a look at it and tell me what you think?
http://dekart.f.bg.ac.yu/~dpajin/text/chinart.htm - http://dekart.f.bg.ac.yu/~dpajin/text/chinart.htm ------------- |
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 30-Oct-2006 at 22:45
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Wow, I actually learned quite a bit just from reading that. Thanks for the Serbian guy's treatise on Chinese art, flyingzone, it was pretty informative. As to telling the difference between different styles/time periods for Chinese paintings, it's easy to tell apart a Qing era painting from a Tang Dynasty painting (people's clothes from time era, arrangement of items in a painted scene, the stylized format, the choice of certain items to paint, richness in detail, etc.) and sometimes it is very hard to tell the difference (unless both are weathered and worn somehow at the same rate). Many Chinese painters made so many remakes of the masterpieces of earlier masters, it's hard for some to tell the difference between the two, unless you have the aid of an artistic professional at your side to guide you. I am not the latter, although I do know a bit about the art of Chinese painting. Eric ------------- |
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 01-Nov-2006 at 16:43
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http://img72.imageshack.us/my.php?image=buddhistdivinityattendavq5.jpg"> Buddhist Divinity, Attendants, Musicians, and Dancer, mid 14th century, late Yuan or early Ming Dynasty http://img527.imageshack.us/my.php?image=yueyangpavilionbyxiayonta8.jpg"> Yueyang Pavilion, by Xia Yong, mid 14th century, late Yuan or early Ming Dynasty http://img62.imageshack.us/my.php?image=apalacebetweenlakeandmomh9.jpg"> Scroll Painting, A Palace Between Lake and Mountains, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) http://img512.imageshack.us/my.php?image=geesebeneaththemoon15theh5.jpg"> Geese Beneath the Moon, 15th century Ming Dynasty http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=einthelunarpalaceoriginif4.jpg"> The Goddess Chang'e in the Lunar Palace, original by Zhou Wenju, 16th century http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=amotherchildandthreemairz1.jpg"> A Mother, Child, and Three Maids, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) http://img72.imageshack.us/my.php?image=corniceoffunerarycouchlvd3.jpg"> Cornice of Funerary Couch, limestone, 550 - 577 AD http://img236.imageshack.us/my.php?image=northernsongewerporcelamv3.jpg"> Northern Song Dynasty Ewer, porcelain qingbai glaze, 11th century http://img235.imageshack.us/my.php?image=southernsongdynastyvasegj8.jpg"> Southern Song Dynasty Vase, glazed stoneware guan-type, 12th century http://img501.imageshack.us/my.php?image=easternzhoudynastyceremna3.jpg"> Eastern Zhou Dynasty Ceremonial Stemmed Oval Cup, lacquer-ware, 5th-4th century BC Eric ------------- |
Posted By: Qin Dynasty
Date Posted: 03-Nov-2006 at 07:47
| i have seen the real Qing MIng festival on the river in Shanghai Muesum along with other hundreds paintings. It was a periodic tour exhibition held by the Palace muesum. The Qing MIng festival and a painting painted by a Song emperor impressed me a lot. Partly because it took me 3hours queuing for the 5 minutes to see them. The real painting is small than i ve expected, but really delicate. Pity is that i ve only got a glance at the painting the crowds after me pushing me out of the gallery. |
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 03-Nov-2006 at 14:38
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Awesome, Qin Dynasty! I wish I could see it first-hand myself, although the half-hour-long wait for a 5 minute viewing would be somewhat of a downer. :( Still, a great piece of art.
Eric ------------- |
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 07-Nov-2006 at 18:17
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http://img467.imageshack.us/my.php?image=atartaranemaciatedhorseaa0.jpg"> A Tartar, an Emaciated Horse, and Dog, Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368 AD) http://img360.imageshack.us/my.php?image=atartaranemaciatedhorsesg2.jpg"> A Tartar, an Emaciated Horse, and Dog, Ming Dynasty remake (1368-1644 AD) http://img360.imageshack.us/my.php?image=aluohanandanattendant14na2.jpg"> A Luohan and an Attendant, painting on silk, mid-14th century Yuan or Ming Dynasty http://img228.imageshack.us/my.php?image=autumnfoilageinamountaimg4.jpg"> Autumn Foilage in a Mountain Gorge, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD) http://img472.imageshack.us/my.php?image=easternzhoudynastypendasl9.jpg"> Late Eastern Zhou Dynasty Pendants, nephrite (jade) and gold, early 3rd century BC http://img216.imageshack.us/my.php?image=liaodynastyvaseearthenwvv6.jpg"> Liao Dynasty Vase, earthenware with lead-silicate glaze, c. 907-1125 AD http://img472.imageshack.us/my.php?image=groominganelephantbycuidf3.jpg"> Grooming an Elephant, by Cui Zihong (died in 1644 AD), late Ming Dynasty http://img488.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingdynastyporcelainbowul8.jpg"> Ming Dynasty Porcelain Bowl, Xuande Reign, 1426-1435 AD http://img488.imageshack.us/my.php?image=southernsongdynastylongrx5.jpg"> Southern Song Dynasty Longquan Vase, 1200-1279 AD http://img489.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tangdynastysilverbowleaok2.jpg"> Tang Dynasty Silver-Gilt Bowl, early 8th century AD Eric ------------- |
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 08-Nov-2006 at 01:12
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http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=easternzhoudynastyrituavp5.jpg"> Eastern Zhou Dynasty, ritual wine container (hu), 8th century BC http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=easternzhoudynastyrituaka5.jpg"> Eastern Zhou Dynasty, ritual wine vessel, bronze, gold, and silver, 6th-5th century BC http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tangdynastyjadeforeignfsp0.jpg"> Tang Dynasty, jade-carved figure of a plump foreign traveler, 7th century AD http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=northernsongdynastylongml3.jpg"> Northern Song Dynasty, Longquan type ware, stoneware, circa 960-1000 AD http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingdynastyguanyinfigurco5.jpg"> Ming Dynasty, Guanyin Figurine, ivory, early 17th century http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=yuandynastyporcelaindisyj1.jpg"> Yuan Dynasty, porcelain dish, early-to-mid 14th century http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingdynastylacqueroverwgr9.jpg"> Ming Dynasty, lacquer over wood cup and stand, Yongle Reign (1403-1424) http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingdynastyportraitoffakr0.jpg"> Ming Dynasty, portrait of Father Zhang Jimin and Mother Zhao, early 17th century http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=zhongkuipatrollingthepadh7.jpg"> Zhong Kui Patrolling the Palace, by Hongwu (active 1751-1792) http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastycloisonnestuth4.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Cloisonne Stupa, metal, enamel, gilt, Qianlong Emperor's reign era (1735-1796) Eric ------------- |
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 12-Nov-2006 at 17:18
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http://img490.imageshack.us/my.php?image=luohanandademonyuandynawr5.jpg"> Luohan and a Demon, painting on silk scroll, Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368 AD) http://img300.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tangdynastyamphorawhitestonewarecolorlessglaze7thcentcd7.jpg"> Tang Dynasty Amphora, white stoneware colorless glaze, 7th century http://img392.imageshack.us/my.php?image=easternzhoudynastyjadelsu0.jpg"> Eastern Zhou Dynasty Jade Lady Ornament, 5th-4th centuries BC http://img458.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingdynastyporcelainbownl4.jpg"> Ming Dynasty Porcelain Bowl with decoration of scholar officials, circa 1450-1500 AD http://img527.imageshack.us/my.php?image=northernsongdynastycizhdl8.jpg"> Northern Song Dynasty, Cizhou Ware Jar, 11th century AD http://img527.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingdynastyyixingwaretelc4.jpg"> Ming Dynasty Yixing Ware Teapot, stoneware, 16th century http://img300.imageshack.us/my.php?image=visitoronaboat15thcenturymingdynastyiu9.jpg"> Visitor on a Boat, 15th century Ming Dynasty http://img458.imageshack.us/my.php?image=northernweidynastybodhiro1.jpg"> Northern Wei Dynasty Bodhisattva, carved sandstone, circa 525 AD http://img70.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tangdynastysilvercupwitcf4.jpg"> Tang Dynasty Silver Cup with Cover, 9th century http://img475.imageshack.us/my.php?image=portraitofamanandhisseroj7.jpg"> Portrait of a Man and His Servant, mid 17th century, Ming or Qing Dynasty transitional period Eric ------------- |
Posted By: Hellios
Date Posted: 01-Dec-2006 at 04:41
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Eric, heard about this?
"A Chinese ceramic bowl from the 18th century sold for $19.42 million US at an auction in Hong Kong on Tuesday, breaking the world record price for Qing Dynasty ceramics, Christie's auction house said.
The famille rose Guyuexuan bowl bears the seal of the Qianlong Emperor, who reigned from 1736 to 1795.
It is the most expensive work of art ever sold in an Asian auction, Christie's said."
URL: http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2006/11/28/qing-dynasty-bowl.html?ref=rss - http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2006/11/28/qing-dynasty-bowl.html?ref=rss
 Rgds, Bill
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Posted By: Siege Tower
Date Posted: 01-Dec-2006 at 12:23
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it is true, Qing & ming ceramic bowl s are quiet valuable, especially the Qing ceramic bowl. ------------- |
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 01-Dec-2006 at 12:41
Holy crap man! 19 million dollars!? Besides the fact of this guy being able to sling money around like that, I wonder if this guy has actually seen other genuine porcelain items from the Qianlong era, as I've even posted some here. I'm sorry, but the enameling on that bowl, and the overall design, are of a lesser quality than a good amount of Qianlong-era porcelain wares I've seen. Period. It's really not that exquisite, to be honest...heck, the Charles Lang Freer gallery porcelain items blow that out of the water. If I was that guy, even with that kind of money, I wouldn't have paid more than $5-7 million for it. But no more, cuz it just wouldn't be worth it (unless the money was going to a charity or something nice like that, which is often the case with auctions like this). Is Christie's auction house a major charity provider? Eric ------------- |
Posted By: The Charioteer
Date Posted: 01-Dec-2006 at 17:10
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"Spring Festival (Qing Ming) on the River, this is an 18th century remake of an 11th century classic by Zhang Zerui"
http://thumbsnap.com/vf/TVTPhoTo.jpg - http://thumbsnap.com/vf/TVTPhoTo.jpg
There is an error in this remake piece that makes it easily distinguishable that this is not the original Zhang Zeduan's famous painting "Spring Festival (Qing Ming) on the River" depicting the Northern Song dynasty's capital city Bian Liang (present day Kai Feng city in Henan province). Can those of you who have seen the original painting point out what error is there from the remake piece?
http://news.xinhuanet.com/collection/2003-02/26/xinsrc_4f1f15a2aaf44b6b9a1c86880989075a.jpg - http://news.xinhuanet.com/collection/2003-02/26/xinsrc_4f1f15a2aaf44b6b9a1c86880989075a.jpg
and one more comment
"Landscape Artwork and Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies originally painted by the Eastern Jin Dynasty master of art, Gu Kaizhi (lived 344-406 AD)"
http://www.xabusiness.com/images/china-resources/classic-paintings/large/1-4-18.jpg - http://www.xabusiness.com/images/china-resources/classic-paintings/large/1-4-18.jpg This painting "Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies" was always thought composed by Eastern Jin Dynasty's master of art, Gu Kaizhi. But the new scholar study challenges this traditional view, a documentary about this new discovery was shown on China's CCTV 10(educational channel) few years ago.
According to this discovery, the painting "Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies" was actually composed by Northern Wei dynasty during the reign of emperor Xiao Wen. ------------- |
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 02-Dec-2006 at 05:10
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Thanks for the analysis, Charioteer. Eric ------------- |
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 23-Jan-2007 at 08:44
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New Stuff, coming your way... http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=shangdynastymarblecarvein2.jpg"> Shang Dynasty, marble-carved figurine of a bear, 14th - 12th century BC http://img405.imageshack.us/my.php?image=shangdynastybronzewinelly3.jpg"> Shang Dynasty, Bronze Wine Ladle with Snake-Headed Handle, 13th - 12th century BC http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=westernzhoudynastybronzyq8.jpg"> Western Zhou Dynasty, Bronze Ritual Bell (Bo) with Hooked Flanges, 10th - 9th century BC http://img405.imageshack.us/my.php?image=westernzhoudynastybronzic4.jpg"> Western Zhou Dynasty, Bronze Wine Server with Bird-Topped Lid, 950 - 850 BC http://img405.imageshack.us/my.php?image=easternzhoudynastysixbrvm1.jpg"> Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Six Bronze Graduated Bells (Yong Zhong), 6th century BC http://img405.imageshack.us/my.php?image=easternhandynastyearthetz5.jpg"> Eastern Han Dynasty, Earthenware Tomb Model of a Foot-Powered Mill, 1st - 3rd century AD http://img405.imageshack.us/my.php?image=easternhandynastyearthekg5.jpg"> Eastern Han Dynasty, Earthenware Tomb Model of a Lamp, 1st - 3rd century AD http://img405.imageshack.us/my.php?image=easternhandynastyeartheya6.jpg"> Eastern Han Dynasty, Earthenware Tomb Model of a Stove, copper-green lead-silicate glaze, 1st to 3rd century AD http://img405.imageshack.us/my.php?image=easternhandynastyearthela9.jpg"> Eastern Han Dynasty, Earthenware Tomb Model of a Watch Dog, copper-green and lead silicate glaze, 1st - 3rd century AD http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=easternhandynastygarmenpb3.jpg"> Eastern Han Dynasty, Garment Hook with Openwork Depiction of a Tiger, gilt bronze, 2nd - 3rd century AD http://img396.imageshack.us/my.php?image=northernandsoutherndynazm5.jpg">
 Northern and Southern Dynasties, Stoneware (thin iron glaze) jar with a tile-roof-shaped lid, 4th - 5th centuries AD
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 Northern and Southern Dynasties, Jar in the Form of Bamboo Root with Shoots, unglazed stoneware, 4th - 5th century AD
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 Sui or Tang Dynasty, Stoneware Jar with Long Neck, iron glaze, 6th - 7th century AD
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 Tang Dynasty, Figure of a Women and Bird, Earthenware with Sancai (three-color) glaze, 700 - 750 AD
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 Tang Dynasty, Miniature Jar with Four Loop Handles, stoneware with ivory glaze, 7th - 8th century AD
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 Tang Dynasty, a gilt-bronze mat weight in the form of a rabbit, inlaid with gold and silver, 7th century AD
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 Tang Dynasty, Jade Quail Figurine, 618 - 907 AD
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 Tang Dynasty, Jade Ornament, 618 - 907 AD
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 Tang Dynasty, Miniature Sarcophagus as a Buddhist Reliquary, gray limestone, 618 - 907 AD
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 Tang Dynasty, Jade Horse Figurine, 8th - 9th century AD ------------- |
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 23-Jan-2007 at 08:46
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http://img136.imageshack.us/my.php?image=northernorsouthernsongdqv3.jpg"> Northern or Southern Song Dynasty, Jade Buddhist Monk (He Shang) Figurine, 11th - 12th century AD http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=northernorsouthernsongdrj3.jpg"> Northern or Southern Song Dynasty, Jade Hen Figurine, 960 - 1279 AD http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=northernsongdynastycizhsj3.jpg"> Northern Song Dynasty, Cizhou Ware Bottle, Stoneware with white slip under copper-green lead-silicate glaze, 12th century http://img136.imageshack.us/my.php?image=northernsongdynastycizhvy4.jpg"> Northern Song Dynasty, Cizhou Ware Bowl with Incised Fish Design, stoneware with white slip, 11th - 12th century AD http://img136.imageshack.us/my.php?image=northernsongdynastycupwpx5.jpg"> Northern Song Dynasty, Cup with Unglazed Rim, porcelain with blue (qingbai) glaze, 11th - 12th century AD http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=northernsongdynastyquanmp9.jpg"> Northern Song Dynasty, Quanzhao Ware Bottle, stoneware with iron glaze, 11th - 12th century AD http://img136.imageshack.us/my.php?image=northernsongdynastyyaozyf7.jpg"> Northern Song Dynasty, Yaozhou Type Bowl with Molded Decoration, stoneware with celadon glaze, 12th century AD http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=northernsongorjindynastjh4.jpg"> Northern Song or Jin Dynasty, Jun Ware Flower Pot Stand, stoneware, 12th - 13th century AD http://img396.imageshack.us/my.php?image=northernorsouthernsongdlw7.jpg"> Northern or Southern Song Dynasty, Jade Horse, 10th - 12th century AD http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=liaodynastycylindricalbdc9.jpg"> Liao Dynasty (neighbor kingdom to Northern Song Dynasty), Cylindrical Box with Cover, stoneware with copper-green iron-yellow and clear lead-silicate glaze, 11th - 12th century AD http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jindynastycizhouwareboweg8.jpg"> Jin Dynasty, Cizhou Ware Bowl, stoneware with white slip under clear glaze, enamels over glaze, 13th century AD http://img396.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jindynastycizhouwarestowz1.jpg"> Jin Dynasty, Cizhou Ware Stoneware Dish with painted flower motif (enamels), 13th century AD http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jindynastydingwarebowlwqu6.jpg"> Jin Dynasty, Ding Ware Bowl with Molded Decoration of Waterfowl, porcelain with ivory glaze, 12th - 13th century AD http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jinoryuandynastyjadehorrw8.jpg"> Jin or Yuan Dynasty, Jade Horse Figurine, 1115 - 1368 AD http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jinoryuandynastystonewagc8.jpg"> Jin or Yuan Dynasty, Stoneware Wine Bottle of Cizhou Type, 13th - 14th century AD http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=southernsongdynastyguansr4.jpg"> Southern Song Dynasty, Guan-Ware Cup with Foliate Edge, Stoneware with celadon glaze, 1127 - 1279 AD http://img396.imageshack.us/my.php?image=southernsongdynastyjarwku5.jpg"> Southern Song Dynasty, Jar with applied dragon and animals, unglazed stoneware, 12th - 13th century AD http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=southernsongdynastylongqi9.jpg"> Southern Song Dynasty, Longquan Ware Tea Bowl, stoneware with celadon glaze and a golden rim, 12th - 13th century AD http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=southernsongdynastyporcxx3.jpg"> Southern Song Dynasty, Porcelain Jar in shape of building, praying human, and animals of four directions, 12th - 13th century AD http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=southernsongdynastystonsb8.jpg"> Southern Song Dynasty, Stoneware (with iron glaze) Jar with Lid-Shape of a tiled roof, 12th - 13th century AD ------------- |
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 23-Jan-2007 at 08:50
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http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=southernsongdynastyporczr4.jpg"> Southern Song Dynasty, Porcelain Tomb Jar with blue (qingbai) glaze, 13th century AD http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=northernorsouthernsongdmo4.jpg"> Northern or Southern Song Dynasty, Jade Elephant, 12th - 13th century AD http://img396.imageshack.us/my.php?image=yuandynastycizhoutypebowb3.jpg"> Yuan Dynasty, Cizhou Type Bottle With Inscribed Date and Bird Designs, stoneware, 1341 AD http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=yuandynastycizhouwareboza1.jpg"> Yuan Dynasty, Cizhou Ware Bottle, stoneware with enamels over glaze, 14th century http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=yuandynastyjunwarebulbbbq5.jpg"> Yuan Dynasty, Jun Ware Bulb Bowl, stoneware, 14th century AD http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=yuandynastyjunwareflowemt5.jpg"> Yuan Dynasty, Jun Ware Flower Pot, Stoneware, 1279 - 1368 AD http://img396.imageshack.us/my.php?image=yuandynastypromenadingldu6.jpg"> Yuan Dynasty, Promenading Ladies, attributed to Zhao Mengfu (1254 - 1322), 14th century AD http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=yuandynastyluohanmeditapx7.jpg"> Yuan Dynasty, Luohan Meditating in a Grotto, 14th century AD http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=yuanormingdynastylongqujf1.jpg"> Yuan or Ming Dynasty, Longquan Ware Bowl with Molded Incised Decoration, stoneware with celadon glaze, 14th century AD http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=yuantomingdynastyastagaxj8.jpg"> Yuan to Ming Dynasty, A Stag, A Doe, and Red Camellias in Snow, by Zhou Yuan, painted 1367 AD http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingdynastyheadofbuddhaod1.jpg">
 Ming Dynasty, Head of Buddha broken off from a larger bronze statue, 1368 - 1644 AD
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 Ming Dynasty, Couch-bed of Huanghuali wood, 16th century AD
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 Ming Dynasty, Jade Winged Chimera, 14th - 16th century AD
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 Ming Dynasty, A Chicken and Bamboos, original painting by Song Dynasty Emperor Huizong (lived from 1082 - 1135, reign started in 1101 AD), ink and color on paper, 15th-16th century remake
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 Ming Dynasty, Painting Table of huanghuali wood, late 16th - early 17th century AD
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 Ming Dynasty, Standing Figure of a Female Immortal, original by Zhang Mei (active mid 10th century), 16th - 17th century remake on silk
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 Ming Dynasty, Portable Chest of Zitan wood, late 16th - early 17th century
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 Ming Dynasty, Leashed Gibbon Monkey Stealing Fruit, original by Yi Yuanji (active 11tth century), 17th century remake
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 Ming Dynasty, Zhangzhou Ware Water Container in Shape of Toad, porcelain with iron pigment and lead-silicate enamel, 16th century AD
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 Ming Dynasty, stoneware bottle with iron pigment and glaze, 16th - 17th century AD ------------- |
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 23-Jan-2007 at 08:52
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http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingdynastypeoniesinkanti4.jpg"> Ming Dynasty, Peonies, ink and color on silk, 15th century AD http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingdynastywillowbranchqa2.jpg"> Ming Dynasty, Willow-Branch Guanyin, original by He Liu Diazhao (active mid 13th century), Ming remake on paper (1368 - 1644 AD) http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingdynastytravelersinsje3.jpg"> Ming Dynasty, Travelers in Snowy Mountians, ink and color on silk, early 16th century http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingdynastytheimmortallzz4.jpg"> Ming Dynasty, The Immortal Li Tiegnai Crossing the River on a Sword, original by Shi Ke (active in 10th century AD), Ming silk painting remake (1368 - 1644 AD) http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingorqingdynastymilitabs8.jpg"> Ming or Qing Dynasty, Military General, 16th - 18th century AD http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingorqingdynastytwofemfz5.jpg"> Ming or Qing Dynasty, Two Female Musicians, ink and color on paper, 17th century http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingorqingdynastyflowerla8.jpg"> Ming or Qing Dynasty, Flowers, Leaves, Berries, and Birds, color on silk panel, 17th century AD http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingorqingdynastyjadedojt9.jpg"> Ming or Qing Dynasty, Jade Dog, 17th - 18th century AD http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingorqingdynastypalacesk6.jpg"> Ming or Qing Dynasty, Palaces on the Shore of a Lake, by a follower of Qiu Ying (1494 - 1552), 17th century http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingorqingdynastymagpield8.jpg"> Ming or Qing Dynasty, Magpies in a Pine Tree, Ducks and Hollyhocks, ink and color on silk, 17th - 18th century http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=northernweidynastylimeslh0.jpg"> Northern Wei Dynasty, Limestone Figure of Wei Mo Chi from Longmen Grottoes, circa 522 AD http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=songtomingdynastystonewih6.jpg"> Song to Ming Dynasty, Stoneware Tomb Jar with Figures of Musicians, 12th - 15th century AD http://img206.imageshack.us/my.php?image=songtomingjadecarvedhenxq3.jpg"> Song to Ming, Jade-Carved Hen, 1200 - 1400 AD http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=yuandynastypavilionofthhs4.jpg"> Yuan Dynasty, Pavilion of the Prince of Teng, by Xia Yong, ink on silk, mid 14th century AD http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingdynastytwostandingcdk4.jpg"> Ming Dynasty, Two Standing Cranes, ink and color on silk, 15th century AD http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingdynastyajadecarvedhme7.jpg"> Ming Dynasty, A Jade-Carved Hairpin (Faji), 16th - 17th century AD http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingorqingdynastydragonrm8.jpg"> Ming or Qing Dynasty, Dragon and Tiger, ink and color on silk, 17th century http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingorqingdynastyrabbitgm1.jpg"> Ming or Qing Dynasty, Rabbit, Birds, and Flowering Camellia, ink and color on silk, 17th century AD http://img206.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingorqingdynastyluohanly4.jpg"> Ming or Qing Dynasty, Luohan on a Water Buffalo Skin, ink and color on silk, 17th century http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mingorqingdynastyjadeoxlb5.jpg"> Ming or Qing Dynasty, Jade Ox Figurine, 15th - 18th century AD ------------- |
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 23-Jan-2007 at 08:53
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http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qianlongemperor17361796hm9.jpg"> Qianlong Emperor (1736 - 1796) Portrait as the Bodhisattva Manjusri, painted by the Italian Jesuit Giuseppe Castiglione (1688 - 1766), a foreign court artist who resided in Beijing and became a confidant of Qianlong http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyalohanunderamj5.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, a Lohan Under a Canopy, with a Lion and Two Attendants, 18th century http://img206.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyawhitecockatvb8.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, A White Cockatoo on a Swinging Perch, color on silk, 17th - 18th century http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyblueandwhitexp7.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Blue-and-White Porcelain Jar with Cover and Rosewood Stand, Kangxi Reign (1662 - 1722 AD) http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyeighteenluohef3.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Eighteen Luohans in a Rocky Landscape, original by Li Gonglin (active 1049 - 1106), 18th century remake http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastygoldenbracelev4.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, golden bracelet in the form of two dragons, 18th century http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyillustrationcw8.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Illustrations of the Ladies Classic of Filial Piety, 17th - 19th century AD http://img206.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyjadeanimalrefw4.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Jade Animal Reclining, 18th century http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyjadedragonhaxm9.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Jade Dragon-handled Cup with Spout, 18th century http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastylandscapewittl1.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Landscape with Ferry Boats, original by Ma Lin (active 13th century), 18th century remake on silk http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastymaninaredcoavq7.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Man in a Red Coat, by Luo Ping (1733 - 1799), ink and color on paper, 18th century http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastymanwithtwoatnj4.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Man with Two Attendants, ink and colors on silk, 18th - early 19th century http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyornamentaldios2.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Ornamental Disk (bi) of semi-translucent white jade, 18th century http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastypeoniesorigijv0.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Peonies, original by Tang Yin (active 1470 - 1524), ink on paper, 18th century remake http://img206.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastypersonagesantd5.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Personages and Attendants, 17th - 18th century http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyporcelainbowpf0.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Porcelain Bowl with Incised Decoration and blue glaze, 18th century AD http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyporcelainbowtw1.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Porcelain Bowl with lavendar-blue glaze, Kangxi Reign (1662 - 1722) http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyporcelainvasvm3.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Porcelain Vase with apple-green lead silicate glaze, 18th century http://img206.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyporcelainvasmn2.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, porcelain vase with lead-silicate enamels over colorless glaze, Yongzheng Reign (1723 - 1735) http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyporcelainplamb0.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Porcelain Plate, Kangxi Reign (1662 - 1722 AD) ------------- |
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 23-Jan-2007 at 08:55
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http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyporcelainplaii3.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Porcelain Plate, Kangxi Reign date (1662 - 1722 AD) http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyporcelainvasos3.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Porcelain Vase with lead-silicate enamels over pale-brown glaze, Qianlong Reign (1736 - 1799) http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyporcelainvasnw5.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Porcelain Vase with Peach Bloom Copper-Red Glaze, Kangxi Reign (1662 - 1722) http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyporcelainvaszi3.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Porcelain Vase with Ox-Blood (Langyao) Copper-Red glaze, Qianlong Reign (1735 - 1796) http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyportraitofamiy3.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, A Man and His Son at Home, ink and color on silk, 18th century http://img206.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyportraitofyirv3.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Portrait of Yinxi (1711 - 1758), Prince Shen in an Outdoor Setting, ink and color on silk, dated 1757 http://img206.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyshallowporceqi9.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Shallow Porcelain Dish with Wide Reverted Rim, Kangxi Reign (1662 - 1722 AD) http://img206.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastysmallporcelahc2.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Small Porcelain Bowl with over glaze decoration, Yongzheng Reign (1723 - 1735) http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyvaseshapedlikj0.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Vase Shaped Like a Shang or Zhou era Gu, Cloisonne and gilt-copper, Kangxi Reign (1662 - 1722 AD) http://img206.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyporcelainwatti4.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Porcelain Water Bottle Made for the Thai Royal Court, 19th century http://img219.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastystandingwomawi4.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Standing Woman with Blue Cap and a Sword, 17th - 18th century http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastytwohandledbolc7.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Two-Handled Bowl with Suspended Rings, nephrite, 18th century http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyjadecarvedbrvs1.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Jade-Carved Brush Washer, 18th century AD http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastysealpasteboxoz7.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Seal-Paste Box with Peach Blossom Copper Red Glaze, Kangxi Reign (1662 - 1722) http://img219.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyscholarsrocklk1.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Scholars Rock (limestone with wooden base), 17th - 19th century http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyportraitofdosa2.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Portrait of Dodo, Prince Yu (1614 - 1649), ink and color on silk http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyportraitofyion7.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Portrait of Yintang, ink and color on silk, 18th century http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyportraitofamfi0.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Portrait of a Manchu Noblewoman, 19th century http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyportraitofaqvr3.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Portrait of a Qing Courtier, ink and color on paper, 19th century http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyportraitofqiey6.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Portrait of Qing Courtier in Winter Costume, ink and color on silk, 19th century ------------- |
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 23-Jan-2007 at 08:58
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http://img219.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyportraitofdonz0.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Portrait of Dodo, Prince Yu (1614 - 1649), ink and color on silk http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyportraitoflazg1.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Portrait of Lady in Waiting to Empress, ink and color on silk, 1644 - 1911 http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qingdynastyportraitoflaal0.jpg"> Qing Dynasty, Portrait of Lady Wanyan, Wife of Hongming (1705 - 1767), ink and color on silk, 1767 or later copy ------------- |
Posted By: red clay
Date Posted: 23-Jan-2007 at 18:03
Do you have something against Chinese Neolithic pottery? 
Just joking, btw, do you know the folk lore behind the Copper Red glaze? ------------- "Arguing with someone who hates you or your ideas, is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter what move you make, your opponent will walk all over the board and scramble the pieces". Unknown. |
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 25-Jan-2007 at 10:30
 Nope, nothing against Neolithic pottery, but I could actually post more if you'd like! Honestly, though, there's some pretty interesting-looking Neolithic pottery vessels from China.In regards to the Copper Red (Ox-Blood was it?) glaze, I'll look into that, as I'm not sure about any folk lore behind it.
Thanks for responding,
Eric
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Posted By: red clay
Date Posted: 26-Jan-2007 at 09:05
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A Potter's legend-
A potter, in the service of "the Emperor" was getting ready to fire another kiln load of ware, in the kiln was a particular grouping of pots with a pale green copper glaze. Unknown to the potter and his staff, a pig had wondered into the kiln looking for a warm place to take a nap, while it was sleeping the kiln was closed up and firing was begun. When the kiln was cooled and opened a marvelous change had taken place, the pale copper green glaze was now a brilliant ruby red. The emperor, upon seeing these wonderful pots, immediately ordered the potter to produce an entire service for the palace. The potter and his staff tried, firing kiln after kiln, to no avail. Finally the Emperor, his patience having run out, told the potter he had one more chance, or else. The potter was at a loss, he had run out of ideas and, being an honourable man, decided to do the honorable thing, with the last kiln load ready he stepped into the kiln and ordered his staff to brick up the door and begin the firing process. When the kiln had cooled and was opened, a marvelous change had taken place!
I don't know the origin of this tale. It was told to me by my professor of Chinese Art history, Lily Yeh, to illustrate an historical explanation of reduction glazes. ------------- "Arguing with someone who hates you or your ideas, is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter what move you make, your opponent will walk all over the board and scramble the pieces". Unknown. |
Posted By: Preobrazhenskoe
Date Posted: 28-Jan-2007 at 21:26
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Thanks for the story, Red Clay, it was entertaining indeed.
Eric ------------- |
Posted By: Don Quixote
Date Posted: 09-Apr-2012 at 16:28
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Posted By: Don Quixote
Date Posted: 09-Apr-2012 at 16:38
Zhao-Meng "Chinese Landscape" Zhao-Ming "Elegant rocks and Sparse Trees"
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