Previously believed to be Korean, a bowl in the British Museum was found to be a valuable Chinese imperial ceramic
The "Art Newspaper" reports that the British Museum has recently discovered an extraordinary glazed ceramic piece that is nearly one thousand years old. The piece, which is a brush washer used for cleaning calligraphy brushes, was initially regarded as a
Nanjing Art Scene: Dr. Joachim Pissarro curated a major exhibition of the floral still life interpreted by Western and Chinese masters
Discover an extraordinary collection of modern and contemporary artworks celebrating the beauty of floral still life compositions at the "Nothing Still About Still Lifes: Three Centuries of Floral Compositions" exhibition at the Deji Art Museum in Nanjing, China. The exhibited
The Han Dynasty brick relief illustrates a salt-mining scene
Southwest China’s Sichuan province has boasted abundant well salt resources for more than 2,000 years. An Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 CE) brick relief illustrates the salt-mining scene of the time.The crowded compositions of digging wells, drawing and transporting salt water,
The hairpin used by the nomadic people of China
The dangling hairpins, called buyao, were once widely used by women during the reign of the Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE). One such artifact was unearthed in Inner Mongolia in the 1980s, later becoming a significant exhibit in the National Museum
Nanjing hosts the “Moon River”- the solo exhibition of the Italian artist
On one hand, unusual and unconventional juxtapositions of mundane landscape scenes and bright, flat fairy, as if child-drawn bees, butterflies, and fireflies, floating into the viewer's space; on the other- poetic landscapes abundant with hues of green and eye-pleasing greenery
The cheap urn a British surgeon bought for his kitchen turned out to be a rare Chinese artifact
In the 1980s, a British surgeon purchased a royal blue vase for a few hundred pounds and displayed it in his kitchen. Little did he know that the object was a rare Chinese artifact—and that it could be worth a
Chinese stamps exhibited in South Korea
Often called "mini-encyclopedia", a stamp can give more information than its size may lead.To inform the local people in South Korea more about China, the China Cultural Center in Seoul launched an online exhibition on stamps featuring China's landscapes and
Relics unearthed from the underground chambers of pagodas exhibited in China
The Nanshan Museum in Shenzhen, China, unveiled an exhibition of about 140 cultural relics unearthed from the underground chambers of pagodas in the Jingzhi Temple and the Jingzhong Monastery of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127).Ceramic pieces, Buddhist sculptures and figurines,
Ninety exquisite Persian tapestries and handicrafts displayed in Guangzhou
The Guangzhou Museum of Art unveiled an exhibit of Persian art, showcasing over 90 pieces of exquisite carpets, rugs, tapestries, decorative art samples and other handicrafts.
Shenzhen and Wuhan museums celebrate female artists
On International Women’s Day, the Wuhan Museum is currently exhibiting more than 50 artworks created by 12 local female artists. On Sunday, an exhibition entitled Metaphor and Gaze opened in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. The group exhibition, running until March 21, features
