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Sanyu, Chrysanthemums in a Glass Vase IV, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
常玉《瓶菊》台灣 台北 國立歷史博物館
only shown in the exhibition "In Search of a Homeland – and ambient light and shadow in works that embody visual
Sanyu" at Taiwan National Museum of History without experience in an unprecedented manner. Chrysanthemums
other exposure in exhibitions or in market, meaning that it in a Glass Vase remains a lasting portrait of the ups and
has never really received the exposure needed for proper downs of the nearly 30 years of the artist's freewheeling
appreciation. But Chrysanthemums in a Glass Vase, dating life in Paris and his easy command of his own artistic
from the 1950s, exemplifies the work Sanyu created at that ability. As such it is a beautiful painting that defines this
time as he strove to gain invitations to exhibitions; he put
all his time, energy, and great experience to use, displaying period and a one-of-a-kind work of exceptional value.
his unique personal understanding of line, color, space,
Lot 2503 Detail 局部 Qing dynasty, Wu Chang Shi, An example of Japanese lacquerware in which gold powder
Chrysanthemums, Private collection is applied with lacquer and set off against the black
清 吳 昌 碩《墨 菊》私 人收 藏
body of the piece, with a lustre similar to the lustre of the
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gold color in Sanyu's Chrysanthemums and Vase
日本 漆 器工 藝 作 品 以 金 粉 著以 漆 膠 襯 以 黑色 器 體，
常玉的瓶菊作品似漆器材質散發金色光澤
