par worldfairs » 24 avr. 2024 08:46 am
- CHINESE EXHIBIT, PALACE OF LIBERAL ARTS
The Japanese are recognized the world over as the most artistic of all nations. The art of China is not so well known to the western hemisphere. If the visitor to the World’s Fair would learn what the art of China really is, he should pay a visit to the north-east corner of the Palace of Liberal Arts. This corner of tire building is occupied by a veritable forest of art works, tables, chairs, vases, screens, pagodas and cabinets. These are all examples of the most intricate and exquisite hand work. There are vessels of beaten brass and grills of hand wrought iron. There are embroidered screens and furniture of ebony inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Many of the pieces of furniture are of ebony and the other heavy dark woods, carved by hand in the most delicate and beautiful designs. There are vases in profusion, such vases as the connoisseur would love to own and to cherish forever. Among the pieces of rare pottery are several examples of the finest Satsuma ware. More rare and valuable than these are the gorgeous vases of precious stone clay, the making of which is a lost art. More valuable still are the three peach-blossom vases, the tallest but six inches high, that might be purchased for $10,000.
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The Japanese are recognized the world over as the most artistic of all nations. The art of China is not so well known to the western hemisphere. If the visitor to the World’s Fair would learn what the art of China really is, he should pay a visit to the north-east corner of the Palace of Liberal Arts. This corner of tire building is occupied by a veritable forest of art works, tables, chairs, vases, screens, pagodas and cabinets. These are all examples of the most intricate and exquisite hand work. There are vessels of beaten brass and grills of hand wrought iron. There are embroidered screens and furniture of ebony inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Many of the pieces of furniture are of ebony and the other heavy dark woods, carved by hand in the most delicate and beautiful designs. There are vases in profusion, such vases as the connoisseur would love to own and to cherish forever. Among the pieces of rare pottery are several examples of the finest Satsuma ware. More rare and valuable than these are the gorgeous vases of precious stone clay, the making of which is a lost art. More valuable still are the three peach-blossom vases, the tallest but six inches high, that might be purchased for $10,000.
