Carvings, Curiosand Scholars’ Objects

Cabinet · Exhibition

The rooms

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Room · Films

Featured films

Short, silent studies of objects in the cabinet — six to twelve seconds, looping. Autoplay is muted and skipped when you prefer reduced motion.

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Taiwanese Fengtian nephrite

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Brazilian emerald in matrix

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Brazilian emeralds as miniature paintings

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Amethyst carving

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Fengtian jade

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Rainbow moonstone

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Indonesian blue amber

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Fengtian jade study

Room II

Scholar's Objects

Ink stones, brush rests, seals, bitong, and rocks for the writing table — wenfang companions.

The wenfang — the four treasures and their companions — furnished the literati desk as both tool and philosophy. An ink stone is a working grind and a miniature mountain; a seal is signature and sculpture. Objects here are dated by style, stone type, and workshop practice rather than by retail fashion.

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