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Long-form scholarship and short news from the HALI editorial desk — published continuously between the four print quarterlies.
Chicken Cup sells at Sotheby's for $36 million
A tiny porcelain Chicken cup from the Ming dynasty has set a new record at Sotheby's Hong Kong, fetching $36m (£21.5m) at auction. Those gathered in the auction house broke into a round of applause as the hammer fell on the sale.
Carpet Diem 2014 – Classical Chinese Carpets
On Sunday 13 April 2014, the Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde, Maximilianstraße 42, Munich will host ‘Carpet Diem 2014’, a keynote lecture by leading collector and expert on Chinese and East Turkestan weaving Hans König
Daniel Shaffer · 1 min
Japanese Boro Textile Exhibition at Somerset House, London
From 2 – 26 April 2014 the East wing galleries at Somerset House, London will host ‘Boro: Threads of Life’, an exhibition of 40 historic layered indigo fabrics collected by antiquarians Gordon Reece and Philippe Boudin over six years.
Rachel Meek · 1 min
HALI to exhibit at Asia Week New York 2014
With only a few more days till the opening of Asia Week New York, we would like to announce that HALI will be participating in the event at the Bohemian National Hall.
Asian Art at the Bohemian National Hall, New York, 15-18 March 2014
The Bohemian National Hall is hosting its first annual Asia Art Fair 15 - 18 March 2014, with a preview on 14 March to coincide with the launch of the citywide Asia Week New York.
