Palace Museum to exhibit more collections in 2019
Palace Museum to exhibit more collections in 2019
The Palace Museum is expected to exhibit more than 8 percent of its 1.86 million collections by the end of 2019, a move its curator said would convince more people to protect cultural relics.
Source: www.ecns.cn/news/culture/2018-09-11/detail-ifyxtvir0549085.shtml
Chipped fruit bowl which cost £3 turns out to be Chinese antique worth £100,000
Chipped fruit bowl which cost £3 turns out to be Chinese antique worth £100,000
A CHIPPED fruit bowl which cost just £3 but turned out to be a rare Chinese antique has sold for £100,000.
Source: www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1015538/chinese-antique-yongzheng-hansons-auctioneers
Empresses have their day in the sun
In 1903, when Chinese Empress Dowager Cixi, the most powerful woman in China at the time, asked an American artist to paint a portrait for her and sent it to the US as a gift, she probably never dreamed that the work would go on to serve as a symbol of US-China cultural diplomacy for decades to come.
Source: usa.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201809/10/WS5b968629a31033b4f46553fa.html
