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This beautiful box dates from 18th century China. It resembles a six-petaled flower, and features a phoenix and eight symbols of Taoist immortals inlaid with turquoise.
The Eight Immortals (Ba Xian) are a group of ancient heroes in Chinese mythology who fight for justice and vanquish evil. They are comprised of seven men and one woman and each have their own associated object from which they draw their powers.
@ashmoleanmuseum #globalmuseum #Chineseart #museums -
This beautiful box dates from 18th century China. It resembles a six-petaled flower, and features a phoenix and eight symbols of Taoist immortals inlaid with turquoise.
The Eight Immortals (Ba Xian) are a group of ancient heroes in Chinese mythology who fight for justice and vanquish evil. They are comprised of seven men and one woman and each have their own associated object from which they draw their powers.
@ashmoleanmuseum #globalmuseum #Chineseart #museums -
This beautiful box dates from 18th century China. It resembles a six-petaled flower, and features a phoenix and eight symbols of Taoist immortals inlaid with turquoise.
The Eight Immortals (Ba Xian) are a group of ancient heroes in Chinese mythology who fight for justice and vanquish evil. They are comprised of seven men and one woman and each have their own associated object from which they draw their powers.
@ashmoleanmuseum #globalmuseum #Chineseart #museums -
This beautiful box dates from 18th century China. It resembles a six-petaled flower, and features a phoenix and eight symbols of Taoist immortals inlaid with turquoise.
The Eight Immortals (Ba Xian) are a group of ancient heroes in Chinese mythology who fight for justice and vanquish evil. They are comprised of seven men and one woman and each have their own associated object from which they draw their powers.
@ashmoleanmuseum #globalmuseum #Chineseart #museums -
Minyi - The Setting Sun.
#ShinHanga #WoodblockPrint #Ukiyoe #ChineseArt -
Minyi - The Setting Sun.
#ShinHanga #WoodblockPrint #Ukiyoe #ChineseArt -
Minyi - The Setting Sun.
#ShinHanga #WoodblockPrint #Ukiyoe #ChineseArt -
Minyi - The Setting Sun.
#ShinHanga #WoodblockPrint #Ukiyoe #ChineseArt -
41 Chinese artefacts to make Singapore debut on Dec 7 in four classic novels showcase.
Among the items on loan from the National Library of China (NLC) are two cultural relics that China has classified in its highest grade for national heritage objects, based on factors such as rarity and significance.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/community/41-chinese-artefacts-to-make-singapore-debut-on-dec-7-in-four-classic-novels-showcase #globalmuseum #ChineseArt #Libraries -
41 Chinese artefacts to make Singapore debut on Dec 7 in four classic novels showcase.
Among the items on loan from the National Library of China (NLC) are two cultural relics that China has classified in its highest grade for national heritage objects, based on factors such as rarity and significance.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/community/41-chinese-artefacts-to-make-singapore-debut-on-dec-7-in-four-classic-novels-showcase #globalmuseum #ChineseArt #Libraries -
41 Chinese artefacts to make Singapore debut on Dec 7 in four classic novels showcase.
Among the items on loan from the National Library of China (NLC) are two cultural relics that China has classified in its highest grade for national heritage objects, based on factors such as rarity and significance.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/community/41-chinese-artefacts-to-make-singapore-debut-on-dec-7-in-four-classic-novels-showcase #globalmuseum #ChineseArt #Libraries -
41 Chinese artefacts to make Singapore debut on Dec 7 in four classic novels showcase.
Among the items on loan from the National Library of China (NLC) are two cultural relics that China has classified in its highest grade for national heritage objects, based on factors such as rarity and significance.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/community/41-chinese-artefacts-to-make-singapore-debut-on-dec-7-in-four-classic-novels-showcase #globalmuseum #ChineseArt #Libraries -
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Acquires Important Paintings by Preeminent Chinese Ink Painter Chang Dai-chien (Zhang Daqian)
简体中文 | 繁體中文.The acquisition of 38 paintings from the collection of the artist’s daughter, Sing Sheng Chang, includes a range of works that underscore the importance of this modern Chinese ink painter.
https://www.metmuseum.org/press-releases/chang-daichien #globalmuseum #ChineseArt #museums -
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Acquires Important Paintings by Preeminent Chinese Ink Painter Chang Dai-chien (Zhang Daqian)
简体中文 | 繁體中文.The acquisition of 38 paintings from the collection of the artist’s daughter, Sing Sheng Chang, includes a range of works that underscore the importance of this modern Chinese ink painter.
https://www.metmuseum.org/press-releases/chang-daichien #globalmuseum #ChineseArt #museums -
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Acquires Important Paintings by Preeminent Chinese Ink Painter Chang Dai-chien (Zhang Daqian)
简体中文 | 繁體中文.The acquisition of 38 paintings from the collection of the artist’s daughter, Sing Sheng Chang, includes a range of works that underscore the importance of this modern Chinese ink painter.
https://www.metmuseum.org/press-releases/chang-daichien #globalmuseum #ChineseArt #museums -
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Acquires Important Paintings by Preeminent Chinese Ink Painter Chang Dai-chien (Zhang Daqian)
简体中文 | 繁體中文.The acquisition of 38 paintings from the collection of the artist’s daughter, Sing Sheng Chang, includes a range of works that underscore the importance of this modern Chinese ink painter.
https://www.metmuseum.org/press-releases/chang-daichien #globalmuseum #ChineseArt #museums -
https://www.europesays.com/uk/1209739/ Reviving Craft brings contemporary Chinese craft to Somerset House #Britain #ceramics #ChineseArt #ChineseArtists #ChineseCraft #ChineseDesign #ContemporaryCraft #ContemporaryDesign #CraftAndTechnology #DigitalArt #England #FurnitureDesign #glass #GreatBritain #Jewellery #london #LondonArt #LondonDesignFestival #LondonDesignFestival2026 #LondonExhibitions #ReflectionOfTheMind #RevivingCraft #SomersetHouse #textiles #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Chen YUPing - Eulogy of Spring.
#ShinHanga #WoodblockPrint #Ukiyoe #ChineseArt -
Chen YUPing - Eulogy of Spring.
#ShinHanga #WoodblockPrint #Ukiyoe #ChineseArt -
Chen YUPing - Eulogy of Spring.
#ShinHanga #WoodblockPrint #Ukiyoe #ChineseArt -
Chen YUPing - Eulogy of Spring.
#ShinHanga #WoodblockPrint #Ukiyoe #ChineseArt -
A central figure in layered robes presides over kneeling supplicants, their faces etched with urgency. This hell king’s tribunal enforces cosmic order—judgment rendered in ink and stone.
What detail in the attendants’ postures reveals their role in this divine bureaucracy?
#ClevelandMuseumofArt #ChineseArt #BuddhistArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/2004.1.28 -
A central figure in layered robes presides over kneeling supplicants, their faces etched with urgency. This hell king’s tribunal enforces cosmic order—judgment rendered in ink and stone.
What detail in the attendants’ postures reveals their role in this divine bureaucracy?
#ClevelandMuseumofArt #ChineseArt #BuddhistArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/2004.1.28 -
Delicate ink strokes render chrysanthemums and bamboo with swift, assured lines, their forms anchored by a jagged rock. The cabbage’s layered leaves unfold in pale washes, a quiet counterpoint to the scholars’ bold calligraphy—each mark balancing duty and retreat.
What detail in the calligraphy reveals the hand of a young master?
#ChineseArt #ScholarPainting #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.40 -
Delicate ink strokes render chrysanthemums and bamboo with swift, assured lines, their forms anchored by a jagged rock. The cabbage’s layered leaves unfold in pale washes, a quiet counterpoint to the scholars’ bold calligraphy—each mark balancing duty and retreat.
What detail in the calligraphy reveals the hand of a young master?
#ChineseArt #ScholarPainting #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.40 -
The #museum’s other current special exhibitions are well worth seeing too 👌
#ChineseArt #JapaneseArt #KoreanArt #TibetanArt #MOK #Cologne
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The #museum’s other current special exhibitions are well worth seeing too 👌
#ChineseArt #JapaneseArt #KoreanArt #TibetanArt #MOK #Cologne
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The #museum’s other current special exhibitions are well worth seeing too 👌
#ChineseArt #JapaneseArt #KoreanArt #TibetanArt #MOK #Cologne
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The #museum’s other current special exhibitions are well worth seeing too 👌
#ChineseArt #JapaneseArt #KoreanArt #TibetanArt #MOK #Cologne
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There’s currently a special exhibition on #Chinese #lacquer art at the #Museum for #EastAsianArt here in #Cologne, covering works from the #Song, #Yuan, and #Ming dynasties. I visited it today, and the exhibition is surprisingly large and broad in scope. Definitely worth a visit if you happen to be in the area:
"Layers and Cuts: Chinese Lacquer Art"
📆 until 31 January 2027
🌍 https://www.museum-fuer-ostasiatische-kunst.de/Layers-and-Cuts -
There’s currently a special exhibition on #Chinese #lacquer art at the #Museum for #EastAsianArt here in #Cologne, covering works from the #Song, #Yuan, and #Ming dynasties. I visited it today, and the exhibition is surprisingly large and broad in scope. Definitely worth a visit if you happen to be in the area:
"Layers and Cuts: Chinese Lacquer Art"
📆 until 31 January 2027
🌍 https://www.museum-fuer-ostasiatische-kunst.de/Layers-and-Cuts -
There’s currently a special exhibition on #Chinese #lacquer art at the #Museum for #EastAsianArt here in #Cologne, covering works from the #Song, #Yuan, and #Ming dynasties. I visited it today, and the exhibition is surprisingly large and broad in scope. Definitely worth a visit if you happen to be in the area:
"Layers and Cuts: Chinese Lacquer Art"
📆 until 31 January 2027
🌍 https://www.museum-fuer-ostasiatische-kunst.de/Layers-and-Cuts -
There’s currently a special exhibition on #Chinese #lacquer art at the #Museum for #EastAsianArt here in #Cologne, covering works from the #Song, #Yuan, and #Ming dynasties. I visited it today, and the exhibition is surprisingly large and broad in scope. Definitely worth a visit if you happen to be in the area:
"Layers and Cuts: Chinese Lacquer Art"
📆 until 31 January 2027
🌍 https://www.museum-fuer-ostasiatische-kunst.de/Layers-and-Cuts -
Intricate ink lines define the Ten Kings of Hell’s judgment hall, its tiled roofs and carved pillars rendered with meticulous precision. This leaf served as both devotional image and studio model, teaching apprentices how to balance sacred narrative with decorative restraint. How many faces in the lower register turn toward the condemned?
#ChineseArt #BuddhistArt #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/2004.1.30 -
Intricate ink lines define the Ten Kings of Hell’s judgment hall, its tiled roofs and carved pillars rendered with meticulous precision. This leaf served as both devotional image and studio model, teaching apprentices how to balance sacred narrative with decorative restraint. How many faces in the lower register turn toward the condemned?
#ChineseArt #BuddhistArt #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/2004.1.30 -
Hello 👋 I'm here to keep Mastodon a happy and beautiful place 🌈😊 I post a picture everyday, mostly #ukiyoe, #shinhanga, modern #woodblockprint, #shodō/#calligraphy, #JapaneseArt, #ChineseArt, #KoreanArt.
Enjoy and have a great day 🙏
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Hello 👋 I'm here to keep Mastodon a happy and beautiful place 🌈😊 I post a picture everyday, mostly #ukiyoe, #shinhanga, modern #woodblockprint, #shodō/#calligraphy, #JapaneseArt, #ChineseArt, #KoreanArt.
Enjoy and have a great day 🙏
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Hello 👋 I'm here to keep Mastodon a happy and beautiful place 🌈😊 I post a picture everyday, mostly #ukiyoe, #shinhanga, modern #woodblockprint, #shodō/#calligraphy, #JapaneseArt, #ChineseArt, #KoreanArt.
Enjoy and have a great day 🙏
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Hello 👋 I'm here to keep Mastodon a happy and beautiful place 🌈😊 I post a picture everyday, mostly #ukiyoe, #shinhanga, modern #woodblockprint, #shodō/#calligraphy, #JapaneseArt, #ChineseArt, #KoreanArt.
Enjoy and have a great day 🙏
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Delicate ink strokes render a hell king’s tribunal, where condemned souls kneel beneath towering columns and arched beams. The cursive script in the upper right names each punishment, grounding moral consequence in precise calligraphy. How many figures turn away from the viewer’s gaze?
#ChineseArt #BuddhistArt #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/2004.1.36 -
Delicate ink strokes render a hell king’s tribunal, where condemned souls kneel beneath towering columns and arched beams. The cursive script in the upper right names each punishment, grounding moral consequence in precise calligraphy. How many figures turn away from the viewer’s gaze?
#ChineseArt #BuddhistArt #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/2004.1.36 -
The seated figure clutches a staff, its curved top echoing the bowed posture of loyalty. Min Zhen’s dry brushstrokes render fur and fabric with equal weight, suggesting endurance as a shared burden.
What does the tension between the figures’ clasped hands and the dogs’ watchful stillness reveal about duty and solitude?
#ChineseArt #InkPainting #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.71.10 -
The seated figure clutches a staff, its curved top echoing the bowed posture of loyalty. Min Zhen’s dry brushstrokes render fur and fabric with equal weight, suggesting endurance as a shared burden.
What does the tension between the figures’ clasped hands and the dogs’ watchful stillness reveal about duty and solitude?
#ChineseArt #InkPainting #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.71.10 -
The brushstrokes in Liang Qichao’s couplet are sharp, deliberate—each stroke a near-perfect rectangle, unsoftened by flourish. This stele-inspired script reflects a reformer’s vision: clarity as strength, tradition as foundation.
How does the unyielding geometry of these characters shape their authority on the page?
#Calligraphy #ChineseArt #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/2023.162.1 -
The brushstrokes in Liang Qichao’s couplet are sharp, deliberate—each stroke a near-perfect rectangle, unsoftened by flourish. This stele-inspired script reflects a reformer’s vision: clarity as strength, tradition as foundation.
How does the unyielding geometry of these characters shape their authority on the page?
#Calligraphy #ChineseArt #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/2023.162.1 -
A horizontal scroll unfurls ink figures in quiet motion—some seated, others mid-gesture—beside columns of precise calligraphy. The contrast suggests a dialogue between word and image, where text anchors the fleeting moments of celebration. Which figure’s posture feels most alive to you?
#ChineseArt #Calligraphy #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.72 -
A horizontal scroll unfurls ink figures in quiet motion—some seated, others mid-gesture—beside columns of precise calligraphy. The contrast suggests a dialogue between word and image, where text anchors the fleeting moments of celebration. Which figure’s posture feels most alive to you?
#ChineseArt #Calligraphy #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.72 -
A tangle of sinewy waves crests around warriors grappling a swordfish longer than their spears. Their struggle maps the boundary between order and chaos—where divine mandate meets unruly nature.
What single line traces the moment the fish’s tail breaks the surface?
#ChineseArt #DaoistImagery #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/2004.1.50 -
A tangle of sinewy waves crests around warriors grappling a swordfish longer than their spears. Their struggle maps the boundary between order and chaos—where divine mandate meets unruly nature.
What single line traces the moment the fish’s tail breaks the surface?
#ChineseArt #DaoistImagery #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/2004.1.50 -
A dense tangle of robed figures presses upward in tiers, their elongated sleeves pooling like liquid ink. This hell scene distills bureaucratic judgment into a single, seething composition—what weight does the central figure’s raised brush carry?
#ChineseArt #BuddhistArt #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/2004.1.40 -
A dense tangle of robed figures presses upward in tiers, their elongated sleeves pooling like liquid ink. This hell scene distills bureaucratic judgment into a single, seething composition—what weight does the central figure’s raised brush carry?
#ChineseArt #BuddhistArt #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/2004.1.40 -
The handscroll unfurls a procession of robed figures and restless horses beneath a skeletal bridge, their ink strokes dissolving into mist. This is not mere landscape—it records a moment when rain answered drought, and a pavilion became a promise.
What detail in the brushwork suggests the weight of that promise?
#ChineseArt #InkPainting #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1979.54 -
The handscroll unfurls a procession of robed figures and restless horses beneath a skeletal bridge, their ink strokes dissolving into mist. This is not mere landscape—it records a moment when rain answered drought, and a pavilion became a promise.
What detail in the brushwork suggests the weight of that promise?
#ChineseArt #InkPainting #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1979.54 -
The leafless tree in each scroll stretches upward, its bare branches framing the massive, muscular buffalo below. Guo Min’s brushwork captures the animals’ weight and tension, suggesting both labor and quiet resilience in the landscape.
How does the herdboy’s stillness contrast with the restless energy of the buffalo?
#ChineseArt #InkPainting #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.216 -
The leafless tree in each scroll stretches upward, its bare branches framing the massive, muscular buffalo below. Guo Min’s brushwork captures the animals’ weight and tension, suggesting both labor and quiet resilience in the landscape.
How does the herdboy’s stillness contrast with the restless energy of the buffalo?
#ChineseArt #InkPainting #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.216 -
A Chinese #FannyFriday today, as we admire this 18th century Shunga painting of an FFM threesome with a voyeur 👀