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...walking into Sanders Theater last Thursday night for the Silk Road Ensemble’s sold-out performance knew exactly what to expect—performers and audience alike...
...Ensemble members, including Silk Road founder Yo-Yo Ma ’76, were playing with five Harvard students they had met only days earlier. An Armenian artist drew improvised images to accompany the music and projected them onto a huge screen. Few, if any, of the listeners had ever heard a song with string parts for a traditional Persian kamancheh...
...Horn, a large sancai (three-color) glazed terra-cotta sculpture of an elaborately dressed man with bulging eyes, a handlebar moustache and full beard. Obviously he is not Han Chinese, and that's what makes figures from the vibrant Tang dynasty so interesting. During this period, trade along the Silk Route was at its height, and foreigners, like this Central Asian carrying a cornucopia-shaped wine vessel, were welcomed and valued at the cosmopolitan capital, Xi'an. When the Tang dynasty disintegrated, the northern Khitan tribe established the Liao dynasty around Beijing. It is represented here by two extraordinary gilded...
...Horn," a large sancai (three-color) glazed terra-cotta sculpture of an elaborately dressed man with bulging eyes, a handlebar moustache and full beard. Obviously he is not Han Chinese, and that's what makes figures from the vibrant Tang dynasty so interesting. During this period, trade along the Silk Route was at its height, and foreigners, like this Central Asian carrying a cornucopia-shaped wine vessel, were welcomed and valued. Xi'an, the Tang capital, was a prosperous, cosmopolitan city, as a small sculpture of an African entertainer demonstrates. This openness extended to women, too: an enchanting group...
...Islington. Palette offers a "finder service" for shoppers from all over the world; owner Mark Ellis boasts that he can track down just about any vintage garment or accessory. Supply Ellis with your measurements and the details of the '60s Ossie Clark trouser suit or turn-of-the-century silk kimono you're after, and he'll comb his network of 50 vintage dealerships across the globe. Once he's found the garment?which can take from a few weeks to several years, depending on its rarity?Ellis will e-mail you a photo of your potential purchase. And best...