I also want my son to understand, in a way that I never could, that the world is bigger than Shenyang, bigger than China.
Korbin Yang’s (Yang Jinkai’s) father, The Parachute Generation, New York Times
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Glorious selection of blue and white at Furbish via Jamie Meares’ instagram.
Ruth Lee, an American woman of Chinese ancestry who works as a hostess at a Chinese restaurant, displays the flag of the Republic of China while she sunbathes on the beach so that other beach-goers do not mistake her for Japanese in the days following the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor and Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay and the U.S. declaration of war on the Empire of Japan. Miami, Florida, U.S.A. 15 December 1941.
Livia Marin, part of Nomad Patterns, 2012, Ceramic, resin, plaster, transfer-print, 32 objects, Dimensions variable, courtesy of Eagle Gallery, London
In the style of Lang Shining (Giuseppe Castiglione),
The Fragrant Concubine
Italy/China: Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
Oil on paper, framed; 27 by 19 1/2 in., 68.6 by 49.5 cm.
photo: Sotheby’s.
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This is another portrait of Xaing Fei, or Fragrant Concubine, the same woman who was painted in European plate armor for these portraits. Her story is fascinating, and more can be read about her at that link.
This painting was sold to William Haynsworth in 987 for 1.2 million dollars.
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