{"id":18215,"date":"2022-11-16T19:35:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T14:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gjepc.org\/solitaire\/?p=18215"},"modified":"2022-11-16T19:35:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T14:05:28","slug":"3000-year-old-chinese-jewels-to-be-displayed-at-lecole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gjepc.org\/solitaire\/3000-year-old-chinese-jewels-to-be-displayed-at-lecole\/","title":{"rendered":"3000-Year-Old Chinese Jewels To Be Displayed at L\u2019\u00c9COLE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From 1st December 2022 to 14th April 2023, L\u2019\u00c9COLE, School of Jewelry Arts, Paris, will present an exhibition on 3000 Years of Chinese Ornaments showcasing a selection of masterpieces from the Mengdiexuan Collection. Here\u2019s the preview.<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A Taoist text from the Han dynasty (206 BCE \u2013 220 CE) reveals the importance of gold during that era: \u201cGold is the most valuable thing in all the world because it is immortal and never gets rotten. Alchemists eat it, and they enjoy longevity.\u201d (Wei Boyang, alchemist).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Double gourd earrings Gold Ming dynasty, 1368\u20131644 Mengdiexuan Collection. Photo: Picspark Co<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Since the 5th millennium BCE, gold has held a power of fascination and has been used by talented craftsmen to create jewellery and ornaments with a strong symbolic value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following a first exhibition at L\u2019\u00c9COLE Asia Pacific in Hong Kong last spring, the exhibition arrives to Paris. Replete with various symbolic meanings that are deciphered throughout the exhibition, these ornaments span more than three thousand years of Chinese history. All are part of the exceptional private Mengdiexuan Collection, focused on Chinese art, that L\u2019\u00c9COLE, School of Jewelry Arts in Paris is presenting for the first time to the public in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ring with chi dragon motif Gold Qing dynasty, 1644\u20131911 Mengdiexuan Collection. Photo: Picspark Co<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The three-themed exhibition is curated by Valentina Bruccoleri, PhD in Chinese Art History (Sorbonne University), and Olivier Segura, Gemologist, Scientific Director at L\u2019\u00c9COLE, School of Jewelry Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lantern-shaped earrings Gold Ming dynasty, 1368\u20131644 Mengdiexuan Collection. Photo: Picspark Co<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The first part offers an introduction from a scientific and gemmological point of view on the material and the properties of gold: what is gold? where is it found? what type of gold is used to make jewellery? Thanks to the displays composed of nuggets, crystals and ancient jewellery, the exhibition explores all these different aspects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Set of belt plaques with scholar playing the zither. Silver gilt, Tang (618\u2013907) or Liao (907\u20131125) dynasty 10th\u201311th centuries Mengdiexuan Collection. Photo: Picspark Co<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The second theme focuses on the savoir-faire (craftsmanship), with major techniques like hammering, chasing, casting, granulation, gold wire and filigree, setting and inlay. The displayed necklaces, bracelets, earrings, hairpins, brooches, and belt buckles take us on a journey to the Chinese Empire through Central Asia, the Eurasian Steppes, Mongolia, and the Himalayas. The exhibition covers a period of more than three millennia, from the Shang dynasty (about 1500-1046 B.C.E.) to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gold Collection of L\u2019\u00c9COLE, School of Jewelry Arts. Photo: Picspark Co<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Finally, the exhibition highlights the power of symbols in Chinese art, which displays a rich and diverse iconography embodying happiness, longevity, rank, prosperity and, more generally, auspiciousness. The ornaments from the Mengdiexuan Collection offer a glimpse of this symbolic wealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cicada-shaped ornament Gold, tourmaline Ming dynasty, 1368\u20131644 Mengdiexuan Collection. Photo: Picspark Co<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

By bringing art history, savoir-faire, and materials into dialogue, the exhibition resonates with the mission pursued by L\u2019\u00c9COLE, School of Jewelry Arts since its creation in 2012, with the support of Van Cleef & Arpels, that of promoting the many dimensions of the art of jewellery through courses, talks, workshops, exhibitions, publications, and research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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