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...The round banquet table and its lazy Susan are packed with dishes, laid out on a yellow silken cloth....
...Textile designs are mirrored in armour (Peter Finer), while the gold and silver vessels of Tang-dynasty China (618-907) at Gisèle Croës reflect the influences of Central Asia....
...The data used by the English artist Susan Morris for a new library and study centre at St John’s College, Oxford, came from the sounds recorded over a 50-minute period in the adjoining walled garden and...
...The lazy susan in the centre of the table struggles to rotate. People clamber over each other to reach the dishes. I’m much more of a savoury person, but I love the gimmicky theatrics of dessert....
...Susan Brownell, an expert on Chinese sport at the University of Missouri-St Louis, said the political undertones of the Games were unavoidable given the convergence of China’s reputational damage from the...
...“The suspension of international flights makes Sanya one of the best options for China’s beachgoers,” said Susan Zhang, an official at the Ritz-Carlton Sanya....
...and delight The year in video From North Korea test-firing ballistic missiles to Catalonia voting for independence Property & Finance Best of House & Home This year we said a sad farewell to David Tang...
...Weil, Gotshal & Manges has brought on Susan Shin in its New York office as a partner in the firm’s complex commercial litigation practice. She joins from Arnold & Porter....
...The economists who responded to the survey were: Arjen van Dijkhuizen, senior economist, ABN AMRO Bank; Aidan Yao, senior emerging Asia economist, Axa Investment Managers Asia Ltd; Paul Tang, chief economist...
...The journey began when Kurland spotted a sancai-glazed — or “three-coloured” — horse and rider from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) in the window of an antique shop in Palm Beach....
...I still remember my absolute astonishment when, while I was reviewing an exhibition, the dealer Giuseppe Eskenazi handed me a small Tang dynasty silver cup chased with peony scrolls....
...Presiding here is a compelling, fragmentary head from an over life-size sculpture of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (HK$18m-25m), probably executed in 8th-century Tang China....
...director, St Modwen Properties 44 Andy Woodfield , partner, PwC 45 Misa von Tunzelman , UK lead director, marketing and communications, JLL 46 Steve Wardlaw , chair and co-founder, Emerald Life 47 Susan...
...But nobody really knows the etymology of “Susan”. I accept the name just as I accept others like “Jolly Roger” or “Jim Dandy” or “Peeping Tom”....
...These guests range from antiquities specialist Phoenix Ancient Arts and Chinese bronzes expert Gisèle Croës – who also brings the likes of a stunningly minimalist Tang dynasty white-glazed jar and cover...
...Its star piece, a profoundly beautiful and exceedingly rare dry lacquer head of Buddha from the Tang dynasty, doubled expectations to sell for HK$40m (US$5m)....
...Still, I’m very happy. ——————————————- Maureen Lipman is a British film, theatre and television actress who loves animals Agony uncle David Tang’s column will return next week...
...E-mail questions to david.tang@ft.com...
...Sir David Tang , entrepreneur and FT House & Home columnist Where are you spending the summer?...
...Gregg Baker Asian Art brings a Momoyama period two-fold paper screen painted in ink and colour on a gold ground featuring the semi-legendary Tang dynasty eccentrics, Kanzan and Jittoku....
...Connie Tang, DHL Express, Hong Kong and Taiwan MDSince January 2009, previously DHL Express Taiwan GM from 2005....
...enamel clock with the workmaster’s mark of Michael Perchin (£80,000- £100,000, pictured right) and the wild-card rarity of the sale: a lobed, melon-form silver jar and cover dating to 9th- or 10th-century Tang...
...President EuropeSince 2005, previously Coca-Cola Enterprises Europe president Daniela Riccardi, Proctor & Gamble, Greater China presidentSince 2005, previously P&G Eastern Europe vice-president Connie Tang...
...Syl Tang tracks trends and runs HipGuide Inc. She can be reached at ceo@hipguide.com www.tummytuckjeans.com ………………………………………………………………………....
...“There is no ethnic tension, the situation is really very harmonious,” owner Tang Qinyan told reporters....
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