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...yard are the work of Anthropology 1130, a hands-on archaeology class looking for the foundations of Harvard’s Indian College. So far, the 42 students enrolled in “Archaeology of Harvard Yard” have unearthed shellbuttons, wine bottles, pipestems, bits of Chinese porcelain, and (surprise!) plenty of brick. The most exciting discovery to date are small pieces of printing tile that may have been used to produce the first Bible printed in North America. “It’s so easy when you’re walking through the yard to ignore...
...considered sexier, but who really cares? Men are pigs anyway. The Side-bang You fashionista, you. It can’t be easy rushing from the Delphic to the Fly and back again. And don’t worry, when you’re paying homage to the porcelain god at the end of the night, you can rest assured that your hair will still look hot. Says Adams House Resident Dean Sharon L. Howell: “Side bangs? They’re great. My daughter wears them. She’s two.” The JFK Charming...
...Takeuchi Kouzo, on the other hand, uses a hammer regularly to create his art. Takeuchi found his style by accident, as he explained during an Oct. 9 event organized by the Ceramics Program at Harvard’s Office for the Arts (OFA). Once, after firing a piece of porcelain, the Japanese artist found that part of it had broken off in the kiln. It was at his mother’s mention of its uniqueness that he developed the idea of simply using a small hammer and chisel to break his fired pieces, giving them a distinct imperfect look...
There's no genie in a Chinese snuff bottle, but it's easy to see why these exquisite little phials - the height of fashion in 18th century Beijing - cast a spell on collectors today. Handcrafted from every material known to the Qing dynasty (1644-1911), including copper, glass, porcelain, jade, ivory and amber, each one is a miniature masterpiece of the applied arts. Rich in symbolism - achieved through decorative techniques such as enameling, stippling and relief carving - they served as courtly gifts and good-luck charms. And their social significance wasn't to be sneezed...
...endowing a university or hospital, it wins official gratitude. But more deliciously, it can make headlines as the world oohs and ahs over sums spent. In 2006, Hong Kong petroleum executive Alice Cheng paid $19.4 million for a prized decorated bowl, shattering the previous world record for Qing dynasty porcelain. In late September, Macau gaming tycoon Stanley Ho spent $8.9 million on a bronze horse head looted by British and French troops from Beijing's old Summer Palace, or Yuanmingyuan, in 1860. He then donated the artwork, which fetched the highest price ever paid for Qing sculpture, to the Chinese...