I had to wake up this morning at 5:30 am for art history class. Today's class was held "out in the real world" - The Antiques Market. Every Monday morning is the antique flea market here in Jingdezehn. Farmers come and sell shards of the old school Chinese dynastic pots that they have dug up, others try to pass off fake antiques, and then there are book sellers, jade dealers and everyone in between ( V-magna would love this place). Here in the city there are actually factories that make pots made to look like antiques.
As you walk through the vendors you can tell who has the fake pots because theirs are still whole. The flea market is really cool, there is a lot of energy here and tons of cool trinkets to look at. Still no Chairman Mao jerseys though - bummer. |
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