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  • One Response to “The Area Modular Seating Series by Anya Sebton” xiang on 26 Feb 2009 at 4: 47 am # beauty!

    The Area Modular Seating Series by Anya Sebton 2009

  • Comments (2) 2 Responses to “Tobiano Golf Clubhouse by a | k | a Architecture” xiang on 02 Mar 2009 at 6: 19 pm #

    Tobiano Golf Clubhouse by a|k|a Architecture 2009

  • Comments (4) 4 Responses to “Olive & Earth Restaurant by Lifeforms Studio” xiang on 26 Feb 2009 at 4: 48 am #

    Olive & Earth Restaurant by Lifeforms Studio 2009

  • The experimental instrument played in this video is a variation on the kou xiang (a Chinese jaw harp).

    Boing Boing 2009

  • I love the book shelves. xiang on 09 Jan 2009 at 8: 54 pm # somethings i often see it in my dream. i love it!

    Interior Inspiration from Mobileffe 2009

  • “Xing xiang” pronounced shing shyahng means shape or image.

    Tao I Dr. 2010

  • “Zhen zhen jing xiang” pronounced jun jun jing shyahng means see the real images.

    Tao II Dr. 2010

  • “Shen qi xiang bao” pronounced shun chee shyahng bao means Yuan Shen and yuan qi hold together.

    Tao II Dr. 2010

  • The curved lid on this porcelain jar is inscribed with the words qing xiang mei jiu

    The World of Khubilai Khan 2010

  • “Xing xiang” pronounced shing shyahng means shape or image.

    Tao I Dr. 2010

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  • "The scale-fee register lists thirty-seven transactions over the course of a single year. Brass, medicine, copper, turmeric, and raw sugar traded hands only once, while other goods appear more often: gold, silver, silk thread, aromatics (the term xiang refers broadly to spice, incense, or medicine), and ammonium chloride."

    --Valerie Hansen, The Silk Road: A New History (Oxford and New York: Oxford UP, 2012), 99

    January 3, 2017