Zheng He (1371–1433): China’s Masterful Mariner and Diplomat
Ever since Gavin Menzies, a British retired naval officer, published the fictional story 1421: The Year China Discovered America, fleet admiral and diplomat Zheng He (1371–1433) has enjoyed a sort of revival as the Chinese explorer who might have circumnavigated the Earth before the age of Western exploration. I don’t know whether this is true […]
The Porcelain Room at Fondazione Prada
By S.L. Daily The Porcelain Room: Chinese Export Porcelain brought together more than 1,700 individual pieces of Chinese export porcelain from the 16th-19th centuries. The exhibition, which was on display at the Fondazione Prada in Milan (from January to September 2020), is housed in Tom Postma Design’s innovative and impressive structure, adorned with brown velvet […]