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Rare Chinese Chicken Cup Auctioned for $36 million
One of the world’s rare Chinese Chicken Cups fetched a record $36 million (USD) at an auction on Tuesday by Sotheby’s in Hong Kong, making it one of the most expensive Chinese cultural relics ever auctioned. The Cup auctioned is part of a set of original Chenghua Chicken Cups which survive
Chinese Hat Spheres
Laws for hat insignia worn by the Manchu in China, date back to 1636. Numbering less than a quarter of a million, the Manchu conquered the Chinese empire, establishing the Qing dynasty by 1644. To assert authority over the Han Chinese population, the Manchu felt very strongly about having an easily
Of India and Modernism: Youngo Verma
Youngo Verma (1938-2014), Tantra 21, New Dehi, India, Graphite on Paper, 1981, 36 x 48 inches. ROM 2014.14.1 Recently, the ROM acquired a work by Canadian-Indian artist Youngo Verma (1938-2014) that exemplifies his work with organic abstract forms. Pulling from an Indian “neo-tantric” visuality
Rhinoceros Reminder that Conservation Requires Continued Commitment
A surge in the poaching of Southern White Rhinoceros made the ROM reconsider the presentation of our iconic specimen When the Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity first opened to the public in the spring of 2009, the Royal Ontario Museum was excited to be able to lead into the gallery with
My first day in Trout River, Newfoundland: ROM biologists arrive, town is curious
As I stare out my window I can see the sunlight’s reflection on the mountains and after a busy day I am finally getting the chance to reflect on how fortunate I am to be here. This is the opportunity I had been waiting for since my graduation from the Environmental Visual Communications program
Ma première journée à Trout River (Terre-Neuve): l'arrivée des biologistes du ROM pique la curiosité des villageois
En regardant par la fenêtre, j’aperçois le reflet du soleil sur les montagnes. Après une journée fatigante, je me rends enfin compte de la chance que j’ai d’être ici. J’attends une occasion pareille depuis que j’ai terminé mon programme de communication visuelle de
Kissing the Cod!
By Jacqueline Waters Environmental Visual Communication graduate (2013), For the Centre of Discovery in Biodiversity, Royal Ontario Museum Well it’s official we’ve been screeched in and the team and I are all now honorary Newfoundlanders. Despite having to kiss the cod, being welcomed in the
Weapon Wednesday: Swords from the Philippines
The Philippines are a group of over 7,000 mountainous islands, mostly of volcanic origin, in Southeast Asia. They may be divided into three geographic areas: in the north is Luzon, mostly one large island and the location of the capital and most populous cities of the Republic, together known as
The Monastery of St Moses, Syria: Introduction
Deir Mar Musa, or the Monastery of St. Moses, can be found about 90 km north of Damascus in the desert Qalamoun Mountains, isolated between the road from Damascus to Homs/Hama/Aleppo and the road from Damascus to Palmyra-Tadmor. The nearest town is al-Nabk, or Nebek, 10.4 miles or 6.5 km to the
The Monastery of St Moses, Syria: The Pottery
Despite there being almost 1,400 years of occupation at Deir Mar Musa, strangely the overwhelming majority of the pottery found at the site can be assigned to the "Mamluk" period. The period of Mamluk rule in Greater Syria (1260-1516) generally reflects an archaeological horizon that