RESIDENCES & ESTATES
Creating and conserving Chinese craftsmanship with the
K11 Craft & Guild Foundation
The five major traditional craft areas which will be supported and
promoted by K11 ARTUS will be:
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Guangcai: A traditional crafting technique for producing
colourful hand-painted porcelain
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Rare art pieces that incorporate these traditional craft areas are
sourced and produced exclusively for K11 ARTUS in collaboration
with K11 Craft & Guild Foundation. One of the most valuable art
pieces to be displayed is the “Large Jade and Hardstone-inlaid Zitan
Panel” dating back to the mid-Qing Dynasty, featuring Baibaoqian
techniques. Guangcai is also reflected in a selection of pieces
including the “Guangcai Candy Jar” crafted by Master Zhao Yiming,
Baibaoqian: An ancient craft of inlaying engraved work with and the “Guangcai Fruit Punch Bowl” by Master Tan Guanghui, both
precious stones provincial inheritor representatives of China’s intangible cultural
Chinese Literature – The Dream of the Red Chamber: Written heritage (Guangcai).
by Cao Xueqin, the rare edition on display is considered a K11 ARTUS has also collaborated with Master Xu, the national
masterpiece of Chinese literature inheritor representative of China’s intangible cultural heritage for
Wooden Architecture: A distinctive craft in Chinese architectural Guangcai, and provincial inheritor, to produce a new series of “K11
culture, wooden architecture is inscribed on the Representative ARTUS Guangcai Porcelain Plates” to further promote the Guangcai
List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity technique to the K11 ARTUS residents. K11 ARTUS residents will be
Plaster moulding: A technique for crafting shapes with lime
on the ridges and walls of traditional Chinese ancestral halls or
temples
able to purchase these arts and crafts, with the proceeds going to
support a group of Chinese craftsmen.
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The Art of Luxury
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