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Posted on July 15, 2007 @ 10:35 am by massimo | Filed under: blog, china, travel, wordpress

Liulichang beijing aynaku illustration travel

Modern Beijing possesses a certain grandeur from its colourful past. There are a many places in the city were a visit is a must, and among them Liulichang Street, in the central Xuanwu District.
Liulichang Street was carefully restored to its original shape from the Ming Dynasty recently, and it is a good place to find a wide selection of antiques. On the contrary some ten years ago, most of the shops were rather run down and the whole area looked truly picturesque. Living in Beijing for a while, as a “hard working and creative young architect” (according to my boss…),   I had a very little spare time, but always a few money in my pockets, which I used to spend in jade objects, scrolls, opium pipes, snuff bottles, ceramics…And one Sunday morning in a dark, cave-like shop in Liulichnag, among hundreds of scattered objects I found a nice black-lacquered wooden box, with carved ivory insertions, a true wreck which I had for a fewyuan. After being restored in Italy the box looks really beautiful!

Illustration Friday’s topic is: discovery

some interesting links on last week topic as usual:  sketchbook ; teako ; point illustrated 

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8 people have left comments

Hai portretizzato molto bene i due mondi, il cinese in piena luce e l’europeo nella semioscurita’. E poi l’oggetto prezioso e veramente bello!

Nicole wrote on July 15, 2007 - 1:12 pm CEST

What a beautiful discovery! I couldn’t wait to see what you would post and you didn’t disappoint! Wonderful and special!!!

valgalart wrote on July 15, 2007 - 7:31 pm CEST

looks lik eu picked up a few nice things while u where there. not sure if i wanna go so badly anymore since i heard that they sell steam buns with cardboard soaked in some hazzarded chem. even to there own ppl yuck!!!!!

michael dailey wrote on July 16, 2007 - 12:53 am CEST

nice piece for ‘discovery’ - your gradients really help give the atmosphere to your dark, cave-like shop! thanx for your visit and comment on my drawing :)

stangy wrote on July 16, 2007 - 4:03 am CEST

Well done!!

Willie wrote on July 16, 2007 - 5:00 pm CEST

You must post the picture of the box. Excellent shadowy figures.

Kim wrote on July 17, 2007 - 5:22 pm CEST

wow….they look sinister!! Great work

Jane wrote on July 19, 2007 - 5:50 pm CEST

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