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Why The National Palace Museum, Taipei
want to reproduce the museum masterpieces? |
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The Collection of Calligraphies and
paintings in the National Palace Museum in Taipei were renown for the
best and one of the most important single collections of Chinese Arts
in the world. All the masterpieces came originally from the various
Emperors of the Ching Dynasty.
The reasons why the Museum wants to reproduce the masterpieces are:
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To carry forward the splendid historical
heritage of Chinese Arts and promote the unique artistic value of
Chinese Calligraphies and Paintings extensively to worldwide art
lovers
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The great age (dated from 4th century
AD) and delicate conditions of the masterpieces, majority of them
are not suitable for long-term display or travel Out of Taiwan
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Make the viewing of museum masterpiece
possible for the individual instead of lonely kept in the museum
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Why The National Palace Museum, Taipei
commission Nigensha, Tokyo/Japan to do the reproductions? |
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Japanese has long been recognized and
respected of their excellent quality and detailed craftsmanship in
bookmaking and reproduction. The advance technology and more than 20
years of effort acquired by Nigensha has realized the wish to present
the reproductions of museum masterpiece in the way they should be
seen. The fine details reproductions produced by Nigensha with precise
and equal artistic effect of original has accomplished their
commitment.
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What are the specifications of the reproduction:-? |
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Photographing
A large-sized full-automatic camera five meters long and weighing
three tons has been specially developed for photographing at the
National Palace Museum
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Plate making and
Printing
Super-precise offset printing using eight to twelve colors has been
realized with the utilization of computerized plate making under the
full cooperation of Tokyo Inshokan Printing Co Ltd
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Paper
Special paper has been developed to satisfy extremely difficult
conditions such as adapting to high technology printing, maintaining
the appearance and texture of the original works, and being suitable
for mounting
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Fabrics
Special synthetic fabrics with finer and more homogeneous fibers
than natural silk yet having the appearance and texture of genuine
silk have been newly developed to faithfully reproduce the fabric of
the originals executed on silk as well as the twill silk of albums
and handscrolls
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Mounting
The mounting of albums in booklet form and handscrolls are
faithfully reproduced in respect of their twill silk, woven patterns
and title pieces. Hanging scrolls are mounted in the traditional
Chinese style while adopting the characteristic features of their
original mountings
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How many masterpiece being produced
and from what period? |
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The reproductions are consummate works of the respective periods from
Tang, Sung, Yuan, Ming, Ching to 20th century. Nigensha has spent more
than 20 years in the reproduction project to fulfill the task,
commitment and the mission delegated by the museum.
They have produced nearly 400 pieces of masterpieces from the National
Palace Museum, Taipei, and small number of masterpieces from Liaoning
Museum, Shanghai museum and Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. |
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Do I need to frame all the paintings in the Album Collections? |
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Album collections normally consists of either 8 – 20pcs of paintings;
here are some
tips for you:
- Framing
As the painting of the Album collections are all mounted on same
size cardboard (although the size of the painting might be various),
you can make one or two frames that can easily open and close from
the back of the frame for exchanging the paintings from time to time
as you wish, if you do not want to frame them all. By doing so this
can save you money on frame cost and troubles to find place to hang
them all.
- A Wonderful gift suitable for any occasions
The reproductions is authorized by the Taipei museum, therefore at
the back of each paintings are attached with an imprint stated the
artist name, dynasty and title of the painting, include the seal
from the Museum. It is an outstanding gift that you will be proud to
give away.
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How to appreciate the Chinese Paintings? |
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Nigensha has spent a lot of time in research and gather the relevant
information.
Each work of Hanging Scroll, Hand Scroll, Book Bind, Album collections
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Equipped with a booklet containing the explanations of the title
characters,
Inscriptions, eulogies, colophons and seals in English, Chinese and
Japanese.
This invaluable information helps you to
- Understand the Chinese culture and history of the Chinese
Paintings more extensively
- Enhance higher level of appreciating Chinese Painting
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Are the reproductions limited in Edition? |
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As the mission is to promote the Chinese Culture and share the joys of
viewing
beautiful arts with worldwide art lovers, it does not serve the
purpose
to limit the printing quantity.
However, the excellent reproductions are not mass production, as the
real size printing
required authorization from the museum. |
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Why are they so many red stamps placed all over the painting? |
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The red stamps, we called it “Seals” are the impressions made from
stones or other materials like ivory or jade etc. Seals are marks of
authorship or ownership belonging either to the artist or collectors.
In the late Zhou and Qin dynasty seals already been used on documents.
It was in the Tang dynasty that imperial seals appeared on works of
art registered in the imperial collections. Painters began applying
their own seals in addition to their signatures on painting during the
Sung dynasty.
The seals, colophons and inscriptions by collectors and admirers of
the painting are not considered external or damaging but rather land
honor and value to the work of art.
Normally collector will carefully considered the placement of their
seal impressions. The seals of well-known artists, critics, and
personalities on a painting provide a deep sense of enjoyment and a
feeling of connection with the past. Seals can tell the history of
ownership of a painting, and can help modern scholars and art
historians determine who saw it and which later artists may have been
directly influenced by it. |
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How are orders shipped? |
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The Reproductions Chinese Paintings were well pack in specially design
boxes
or album for easy keeping and safe transport.
- Hanging Scroll and, Hand Scroll
Hand Scroll is wrapped formally in sumptuous crepe silk-type cloths
and Hanging Scroll in fine tissue paper. Each is place in
traditional Japanese paulownia wood covered box and packed in a gift
box
- Album Collections
As the reproductions are in full size of originals, therefore it
comes with various sizes. For easy packing, all paintings are nicely
mounted on same size cardboard and kept in a hard cover folder.
- Loose Sheet (prints without mounting on cardboard or scroll)
The packing is in tube form and a copy of the write-up of each
Chinese painting will be included instead of booklet.
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What forms of payment do you accept? |
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- Paypal
For Credit Card Payment and Paypal account-to-account transfer.
- Money Order/Bank Draft
If your payment is by Money Order/Bank Draft, please issue in US
Dollars, make
Payable to ROE enterprises and send together with the order number
and
shipping information /email address clearly to:-
ROE enterprises
Blk 3016 Bedok North Ave 4
#08-28 EASTech
Singapore 489947
It takes about 14 days for the bank to clear the Money Order/Bank
Draft.
- Credit Card Payment via Fax/Mail
If you are not comfortable to make payment on line, you can download
the “Order Form” @ “Other Payment Options”, fill up the particulars
and Fax/Mail the “Order Form” to us.
We will email you the “Order confirmation” immediately upon receipt
your “Order Form”.
All your personal data will be kept confidential for transmission
only and not for other purposes. We will delete your data
immediately after used.
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What is the shipping and handling fee? |
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- Normal Airmail
FREE shipping and handling fee for all countries and it takes
about 10 – 14 days to reach international destinations.
- Speed Post via Post Office
3 – 4 working day
Speed Post delivery service extra cost about US$10 – 15 below 1kg
US$20 – 30 for 1 – 2kg
Please email
Peggie for exact freight.
- FedExp/DHL
2 working day
Please email
Peggie for exact freight.
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What is the Security Measure? |
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Your shopping cart is running on a secured server. Transaction data is
encrypted During transmission so no one can seize your personal
information. Moreover, we do not keep our customer database anywhere
reachable by the internet. |
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What is the return policy? Do I get refund? |
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YES, 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! No Questions asked.
- Please return only item you are not happy in it’s original
condition within 14days of receipt for a refund or exchange to the
“Ship From” address on the box. Please email
Peggie for arrangement.
- Note : Shipping and handling charges are not refundable
- We are not responsible for shipping-back freight, damages or
losses, so please keep a receipt and a shipping record from the
shipper/mailer for your protection.
- Please keep the original packaging for damage inspections in
case you receive packages in damage
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Do I receive confirmation e-mail? |
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YES, within 24 hours of placing an order. If you do not receive an
email after Ordering, please email
Peggie to verify. I will email you to update the order
status. |
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Can I become one of your dealers? |
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YES, please email
Peggie for further discussion. |
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