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Writings 117, Cheung Yee, handmade cast paper painting dark brown, turtle shells

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Writings 117, Cheung Yee, handmade cast paper painting dark brown, turtle shells handmade cast paper painting. Oracle bones (Chinese: 甲骨; pinyin: jiǎgǔ) are pieces of ox scapula or turtle plastron, which were used for pyromancy – a form of divination – in ancient China, mainly during the late Shang dynasty. Scapulimancy is the correct term if ox scapulae were used for the divination; plastromancy if turtle plastrons were used. Diviners would submit questions to deities regarding future weather, crop planting, the fortunes of members of the royal family, military endeavors, and other similar topics. These questions were carved onto the bone or shell in oracle bone script using a sharp tool. Intense heat was then applied with a metal rod until the bone or shell cracked due to thermal expansion. The diviner would then interpret the pattern of cracks and write the prognostication upon the piece as well. By the Zhou dynasty, cinnabar ink and brush had become the preferred writing method, resulting in fewer carved inscriptions and often blank oracle bones being unearthed. The oracle bones bear the earliest known significant corpus of ancient Chinese writing and contain important historical information such as the complete royal genealogy of the Shang dynasty. When they were discovered and deciphered in the early twentieth century, these records confirmed the existence of the Shang, which some scholars had until then doubted. Art Asia Hong Kong - HK Convention & Exhibition Center Art Trends 95 - HK Convention & Exhibition Center Group show at Crown Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan Group show at Hampshire Art Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan Faculty show of Fine Arts Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 1996 Taipei & Hong Kong Leading Artist Exhibition, Museum Annex, Hong Kong The 11th Asian International Art Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Philippines Exhibition at Artpreciation Gallery, Hong Kong 1997 Faculty show of 40th Anniversary of Fine Arts Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Participated in joint exhibition of One Country, Two Perspectives at Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong 2000 Exhibition - The Art of Cheung Yee in Singapore 2001 Solo exhibition - Past and Present at Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong 2002 Exhibition at Artpreciation, Singapore 2003 Exhibition at Artpreciation, Singapore 2004 Solo exhibition, Perceptive Impressions, at Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong Participated in The 30th Anniversary Exhibition at Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong 2007 Joint exhibition at Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong HONORARY SERVICE Chairman of Hong Kong Sculptor Association Adviser of Visual Art Society of Hong Kong Adviser of Hong Kong Institute of Visual Studies Adviser of Hong Kong Graphics Society Adviser of Hong Kong Museum of Art Adviser of Regional Council Museum of Hong Kong COLLECTION Hong Kong Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan Taiwan Museum of Art, Tai Chung, Taiwan Kaohsiung Fine Arts Museum Private collections in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Philippines, Sweden, Switzerland, England, U.S.A., Canada, Japan, Germany, Australia, Thailand, Mexico, Brazil, Italy, Greece, India, Sri Lanka, Spain, France and New Zealand

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