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  Secrets of the Museum – 2.4 expanded

  lengths that Senior Paper Conservator Susan Catcher goes through, as she takes on an extremely delicate Chinese…
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  Ceramics from Islamic Lands conference

  Exeter), Ceramic Materiality in Islamic Eastern Ethiopia: Consumption and Modification of local and Chinese…
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  Rebinding ‘The Emperor’s Pearls’

  precious stones, the upcoming Pearls exhibition will also feature a lavishly illustrated 18th century Chinese…
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  Ice Cold in Idaho

  the movies, comics, and pulps, the black rodeo stars who had dominated the scene at the time all got painted…
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  Guest Post: Echoes of Michelangelo – Personal Observations on Drawing David’s Nose

  When I started working abroad I discovered the Cast Courts of the V&A in London and the Abguss-Sammlung…
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  Innovating overseas

  A few days before he left, he visited the V&A’s Masterpieces of Chinese Painting 700–1900, conducting…
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  Chinese New Year 2017: A New Hang of Chinese Paintings in the T.T. Tsui Gallery

  Tonight over a billion people will celebrate the eve of the Chinese New Year. Many will have travelled back to their hometowns to be with their families, in humanity’s largest seasonal migration. Celebrations are also...
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  Erotic Electric Eels and Pig-Faced Women: Animal Curiosities on the Streets and Stages of London

  common sight on the streets of London, so much so that owners and bears alike were often summoned to court…
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  Golden Glitter: Recreating the aventurine speckles on the Dresden Cabinet

  cabinet will feature in the Fantasies display, which explores fashionable Europeans’ fascination with Chinese…
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  Born on this Day: François Boucher

  that I’ve been pipped to the post by the V&A’s Facebook page in marking the birthday of the French court…
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  Object Pitch Day 3 – 16 September 2014

  cityscape and the urban environment; vernacular architecture; victory and triumphs; female rule; the court…
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  Object Pitch Day 4 – 1 October 2014

  Museum no. 5402-1859 © Victoria and Albert Museum The text painted on the object in “the gothic script…
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  The 12 zodiac animals at the V&A

  There is no mention of such a belief in old Chinese texts.…
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  Welcome to the Project!

  Acquired by the V&A in 1882 A European man’s banyan, made of Chinese blue silk damask, c.1720s.…
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  “Can I Have a Taste of Your Ice-cream?”

  Here much effort and ingenuity was applied to preparing ‘ices’, particularly for lavish events at the court…