Islamic Art in China

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Lucien de Guise, From Middle East to Middle Kingdom; Chinese art has
fascinated the outside world, especially the ceramic world, for more than a
millennium. . Saudi Aramco World, July/August, 2009.
http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200904/from.middle.east.to.middle.kingdom.htm

Note:
(a) Tangier or Tangiers is a city in northern Morocco.

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Note:
Note:
(a) Saudi Aramco is "the state-owned national oil company of Saudi Arabia. It is the largest oil corporation in the world with the largest proven crude oil reserves and production." Wikipedia.
(b) Tangier is a city in northern Morocco.
(c) cloisonné
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloisonné
("Cloisonné first developed in the Near East. It spread to the Byzantine Empire and from there along the Silk Road to China. Chinese cloisonné is arguably the most well known of all the varieties of cloisonne and enamel making. Russian cloisonné from the Tsarist era is also highly prized by collectors.")

(d) Semu 色目
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semu
("The Semu were not a self-defined and homogeneous ethnic group per se, but one of the four castes of the Yuan Dynasty: the Mongol, Semu (or Semuren), Khitay ([契丹;] Hanren in Chinese) and Manji ([蠻子;] Nanren in Chinese)")

The last caste refers to people "who had been ruled by the Song dynasty." Windows on Asia: Chinese History (Yuan Dynasty (1271 to 1368). Asian Studies, Michigan State University, Undated.
http://www.asia.msu.edu/eastasia/China/History/Yuan%20Dynasty.html

(e) Celadon 青瓷
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celadon

(f) Wang Daiyu 王岱舆 (Ming Dynasty)
Liu Zhi 刘智 (Qing/Ching Dynasty)

(g) ganiture (n): ": a set of decorative objects (as vases, urns, or clocks)"  English definitions in (g), (h) and (j) are from www.m-w.com.
(h) censer (n): " a vessel for burning incense; especially : a covered incense burner swung on chains in a religious ritual"
(i) muhaqqaq
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhaqqaq
(j) colophon (n): }an inscription placed at the end of a book or manuscript usually with facts relative to its production"
(k) juz’
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juz'
(Arabic that litterally means "part")
(l) Zulfiqar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulfiqar


--------------Separately
蒙古开挖佛教宝藏. BBC Chinese, Aug. 1, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_8170000/newsid_8179800/8179808.stm

【 在 choi 的大作中提到: 】
: Lucien de Guise, From Middle East to Middle Kingdom; Chinese art has
: fascinated the outside world, especially the ceramic world, for more than a
: millennium. . Saudi Aramco World, July/August, 2009.
: http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200904/from.
: (以下引言省略...)

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