COLOURED GLAZE ARTWORKS FROM CHINA
Glass is an inorganic material made from a molten mixture of natural silica sand, sodium carbonate, and lime. Over a long stretch of time, humans have experimented with differen
additives to produce glass of new types and higher quality.
As one of the earliest man-made materials, glass shines with different colours in different places through the long course of civilizational development and fusion.
Glass is living proof of exchanges between the East and the West. As far back as over 2,000 years ago, glass came into existence in China. The sheer quantity of faience objects and glass beads unearthed evidence of the early contact between oriental and occidental cultures. In 200 BC, the flourishing Silk Road pushed such exchanges to a new high. From 3rd to 7th century AD, blown glass from the Sasanian Empire became a symbol of wealth for Chinese nobility. Glass blowing technology thus managed to thrive in a short period.