Beautiful Chinese Ceramics

The exquisite porcelains and potteries there are from Jingdezhen, Longquan and Liling. These 3 cities are famous for their characteristic production of ceramics.

Everywhere you look there’s something unique. A particular blue vase with protrusive yellow and purple patterns looked like a cloisonné. The potteries “climbing flowers” were characterized by beautiful pictures depicted in details by needle.

The vases with underglazed color are my favorite. They have lucid bodies with light colors. You can clearly see your images reflected on each.

Some potteries are great works of masters. A pottery featuring an old man with a tiger even won the gold medal at the Shanghai International Art Festival.

A series of chinawares with red hue were appreciated by the leaders who attended 2006 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.

Tian Bo Yuan also has some special paintings drew on the ceramic tiles. One is produced by a famous artist, Fan Zeng, in the 80’s. Today, it’s an art treasure for the unique technique.

Prices range from RMB 200 to RMB 3000.

Fusan Lacquer Thread Sculpture

Today, it is more popular for decorating bowls, vases, and various table settings.

The FuSan Lacquer Thread Sculpture shop, located on FuXingMenNei Street near the Beijing Guo Hong Hotel offers a large selection of products from the best place for Lacquer Thread Sculptures, city of Xia Men.

The dominant theme here is the imperial dragon, though you will also find other designs like flowers and birds.

I saw a red porcelain vase decorated with two gold-plated dragons. The vase featured a silhouette of a plump lady, and the dragons were made with lacquer threads.

In ancient times, vases like this one would only be seen in the palace in old days. But today, you can get it for RMB 3000.

There’s also a celadon jar modeled finely decorated with a dragon and a phoenix, symbols of the emperor and the empress.

A slight crack by the handle gives the jar an antique feel. The jar cost RMB 4500.

I also found other interesting wares. There’s a celadon dish decorated with Peking opera masks, white porcelain jar with auspicious animal sculptures, and a replica of the famous Nine-Dragon Wall in the Forbidden City.

The manager speaks a little English. Communication shouldn’t be a problem.