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 […]
Category meta museum · Tags #ChineseExportSilver, Adrien von Ferscht, Baghdad, Book of Esther, chinese export silver, Chinese Export Silver Makers' Marks, Chinese Jews, Chinese Purim, Dreweatts, Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, Gothic K, Kaifeng, Megillah, Megillot, Meta Museum, Purim, Purim Spiel, Sassoon, Scottish Centre for China Research, Tang Dynasty, University of Glasgow, Wang Hing
Meta-Museum – A RARE CHINESE EXPORT SILVER “MEGILLAH” FIT FOR A QUEEN 中國出口銀 复杂事情 女王/王后的适合
Posted by Adrien von Ferscht on December 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment
A RARE CHINESE EXPORT SILVER “MEGILLAH” FIT FOR A QUEEN 中國出口銀 复杂事情女王/王后的适合 It was back in August that I wrote about a megillah made by Wang Hing that at the time I thought was unique and it’s perhaps rather ironic that I find myself writing about a megillah that not only outshines it, […]
Category meta museum · Tags Adrien von Ferscht, Baghdad, China, chinese export silver, Hong Kong, University of Glasgow
