The year 2018 marks Chinese "Wu Xu Year," the Year of the ... The characters on this year's dog stamps used "ink-free" carving to improve the effect of the format and prevent counterfeiting.

its main image being a white rabbit with a floral print on its body in the centre of the stamp. Macau’s – described as “elegant and beautiful” is in the style of a traditional Chinese ink ...

Yang then referred to Chinese paintings that showcase animals ... on was usually four to six times larger than the stamps. When the ink draft was scanned into her desktop, she could refine the ...

But even the most dedicated Chinese ink artists are fearful that the genre is not on a firm enough footing for new works to withstand the test of time. There are similarities with contemporary ...

A 4in-high Chinese seal – used to stamp paintings as a sign of the emperor ... They printed an impression using paste or ink. Nicolas Chow, of auctioneer Sotheby’s, said when he first ...

The show Reversed Pervasion displays how Chinese ink painters carry on the ancient genre in new ways.[Photo provided to China Daily] Reversed Pervasion is an ongoing exhibition that shows artists ...

What happens when Western artistic perspectives encounter the timeless beauty of Chinese ink painting? China Daily invites Russian contemporary artist Anna Kazmina to the China Academy of Art in ...