META-MUSEUM: A VERY CHINESE PURIM SPIEL 非常中國式的普珥節話劇
Posted by Adrien von Ferscht on March 7, 2014 · Leave a Comment
To many people it will seem incongruous that a 19th century Chinese silversmith in Canton would have created a megillah, but it’s not as strange as it initially appears. Albeit that Chinese megillot are rare, they come with what any megillah has – a long story. But this time it’s not just the scroll contained […]
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META-MUSEUM: WANG HING – Discovering the True Identity of a Genius 宏興: 發現一個天才的真正身份
Posted by Adrien von Ferscht on February 28, 2014 · 1 Comment
Since the discovery of Wang Hing & Company by Crosby Forbes in the 1960’s, the name has become synonymous with Chinese Export Silver, yet virtually nothing was known about the company. This is a historic moment: for the first time in the research of this unique silver category, the true name of the family behind […]
META-MUSEUM:CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: “CABINET OF CURIOSITIES” 中國出口銀器: 珍奇百寶屋
Posted by Adrien von Ferscht on February 21, 2014 · Leave a Comment
CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: “CABINET OF CURIOSITIES” 中國出口銀器: 珍奇百寶屋 Sometimes I have to pinch myself; I must be one of the luckiest people on the planet because I get to see so many beautiful objects very single day. I am also lucky that Chinese silversmiths had a wicked sense of humour which they often expressed in […]
META-MUSEUM:CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: Catherine the Great Comes to Town! 中國出口銀器: 凱薩琳大帝來了!
Posted by Adrien von Ferscht on February 15, 2014 · Leave a Comment
CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: Catherine the Great Comes to Town! 中國出口銀器: 凱薩琳大帝來了! Catherine the Great could never be called a simple girl; to do so would be a gross understatement of the reality that was this supremely extrovert empress. Here we see her inaugurating the new Imperial Academy of Art in 1765 at the Shuvalov Palace […]
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CHINESE EXPORT SILVER GOES HEAVY METAL! 中國出口銀器也玩重金屬
Posted by Adrien von Ferscht on February 14, 2014 · Leave a Comment
CHINESE EXPORT SILVER GOES HEAVY METAL! 中國出口銀器也玩重金屬! It would be perfectly logical to expect Chinese Export Silver to be exactly what it says on the can; silver made for the export market in mind. The art of silversmithing is, after all, a very exacting and particular skill. To discover examples of this quite unique silver […]
META-MUSEUM:CHINESE EXPORT SILVER – Discovering the New Master Silversmith of Shanghai 中國出口銀器: 發現上海的新銀匠大師
Posted by Adrien von Ferscht on February 6, 2014 · Leave a Comment
CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: Discovering the New Master Silversmith of Shanghai 中國出口銀器: 發現上海的新銀匠大師 Having researched Chinese Export Silver for well over three years now, I was quick to realise very early on that anything connected with Chinese history and culture is likely to be complex, to say the least. I have since realised that it is […]
META-MUSEUM:CHINESE EXPORT SILVER – The Horse as a Decorative Motif; Revered, Yet a Rarity 中國出口銀器: 以馬為紋飾, 被推祟但罕見
Posted by Adrien von Ferscht on January 31, 2014 · Leave a Comment
CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: The Horse as a Decorative Motif – Revered, Yet a Rarity 中國出口銀器: 以馬為紋飾, 被推祟但罕見 A new year – The Year of the Horse. The seventh Chinese sign of the zodiac, a traditional Chinese decorative motif and theme often seen in the Tang and Yuan Dynasties, yet a rarity in Chinese Export Silver! […]
META-MUSEUM:CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: The Longest Tea Party the World’s Ever Seen! PART 2 中國出口銀器: 有史以來最長的茶具 之二
Posted by Adrien von Ferscht on January 25, 2014 · Leave a Comment
CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: The Longest Tea Party the World’s Ever Seen! PART 2 中國出口銀器: 有史以來最長的茶具 之二 We continue the story of the inextricable link between the China Tea Trade and Chinese Export Silver with two images that are rather at odds with each other. The picture in the header to this article paints a rather […]
META-MUSEUM: CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: The Longest Tea Party the World’s Ever Seen! PART 1 中國出口銀器: 有史以來最長的茶具 之一
Posted by Adrien von Ferscht on January 18, 2014 · Leave a Comment
CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: The Longest Tea Party the World’s Ever Seen! PART 1 中國出口銀器: 有史以來最長的茶具 之一 My research has long made me aware of the inextricable links between The China Trade period and Chinese Export Silver; without the former, Chinese Export Silver simply would not have existed. Although the official period of the trade […]
META-MUSEUM: CHINESE EXPORT SILVER – The Cultural Crossovers of Incense 中國出口銀器: 中外文化結合的香
Posted by Adrien von Ferscht on January 11, 2014 · Leave a Comment
CHINESE EXPORT SILVER – The Cultural Crossovers of Incense 中國出口銀器: 中外文化結合的香 #ChineseExportSilver The relationship and benefits between humans and incense […]
