Art is a journey into the most unknown thing of all - oneself. Nobody knows his own frontiers… I don’t think I’d ever want to take a road if I knew where it led.

Louis Kahan
Ceramic puppet head, China detail
- Ceramic puppet heads, China
Figura dell’imperatore Kangxi seduta in trono, porcellana dipinta a tre colori Sancai (leggera mancanza sul cappello) A BISCUIT FAMILLE VERTE FIGURE OF THE KANGXI EMPEROR, SEATED ON A THRONE AND PAINTED IN THE THREE SANCAI COLOURS (SMALL DENTS ON THE HAT), CHINA, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) via
A BISCUIT FAMILLE VERTE FIGURE OF THE KANGXI EMPEROR, SEATED ON A THRONE AND PAINTED IN THE THREE SANCAI COLOURS (SMALL DENTS ON THE HAT), CHINA, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) via
 Detail from a painting depicting a Hsiung-nu nomad khan seated on an audience rug, with a compartmented design. These scroll painting dating to the 14th century (believed to be copies of 11th century originals) are very important in understanding the format of early rugs from Ancient Inner Asia. http://www.tcoletribalrugs.com
Chinese Reverse Painting on Glass Anonymous(Qing dynasty) “During the reign of the Qing emperor Kangxi (1662–1722), Jesuit missionaries introduced European techniques of glassmaking and apparently of reverse painting on glass in China. Chinese craftsmen excelled to such a degree, that Chinese reverse paintings on glass often are misidentified as being French or English. According to a contemporary source, most Chinese glass painters worked in Canton, which at the same time was the center of the trade with Europe.” http://www.cmog.org/dynamic.aspx?id=208
Xiang-liu” (相柳, a legendary serpent in China) from the Kaiki-chōjū-zukan (怪奇鳥獣図巻, Japanese picture) Date Edo period http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kaiki-choju_Xiang-liu.jpg
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