At the Asian Civilisations Museum, two exhibitions interested me the most - lacquers and porcelain.
Although I'm not too familiar about the museum scene, I don't think it was cheap getting all these fabulous pieces into Singapore.
It would be a terrible shame if people actually never saw or knew such pieces existed and were exhibited in Singapore.
The centrepiece of the lacquer exhibition area.
History of lacquer.
Red lacquer.
Black lacquer.
Gold lacquer.
Inspiration for Tamagotchi or Pokemon?
The other exhibition was all about Chinese porcelain.
The potter does not just use his hands, but also tools that cut and shape the clay into the final product.
To complete a masterpiece, an appropriate medium and firing glaze is required to bring out the true beauty :)
Sometimes, being simple is best.
One of the centrepieces of the exhibition - porcelain with lacquer with precious metals with red coral!
Did the pig heads contain pig heads?
I'm sure some of you might have seen or owned this in the past.
The Baidus, Haiers, Huaweis of the past?
