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Future tours arranged by
Christine-Ann Richards:
Tours 2010
Contemporary & Traditional Ceramics in North
China
8th –
26th May 2010
Beijing,
Xian, Datong,
Yinchuan & Lanzhou
Neolithic pots, the Terracotta Army, Northern Celadons,
Tri-coloured tiles for Nine Dragon screens & Cizhou Black Wares.
Visit contemporary & traditional potters,
1500 year old Buddhist cave complexes &
early desert kingdoms of Inner Mongolia
Cost £2,900 inclusive of all flights
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The Silk Road in Central Asia: Kazakhstan
& Kyrgyzstan
2nd – 14th September 2010
Turkistan,
Otrar, Sauran, Dzambul, Akrytas, Kulan,
Bishkek, Balasagun & Cholpan Ata
From early rock carvings through 4,000 years of art & architecture and
the influence of Islam from 10th – 18th century
Previous Tours
Western China & the Southern Silk Road
5th – - 27th September 2008
Kashgar, Khotan & across the Taklamakan Desert
To Kuche & Dunhuang
Ancient civilizations buried in the sands of the Taklamakan
Desert, fortresses
& frescoed Buddhist cave complexes,
mosques, minarets, carpets, silk, metalwork & jade.
Cost £2,880 inclusive
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The
‘Mingei’ Tradition in Central China
26th
February – 20th
March 2008
Suzhou,
Guilin & the
tribal areas of
Guizhou
Province
&
Jingdezhen the porcelain capital of China
From the classical gardens of Suzhou
we travel to Guilin where classical
Chinese painting is made a reality.
Climbing into the secluded, mountainous, tribal area of Guizhou Province
we visit musicians and artists in weaving, embroidery, batik,
indigo and silver. Each
tribe having their own style of dress and architecture.
Thence to the ceramic areas of Changsha and Jizhou, famous for its black
wares, and Jingdezhen.
(Option for additional stay in JDZ to pot)
Total Cost (including
all flights)
: £2,550
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List of past tours arranged by Christine-Ann Richards:
The Silk Road in
Central Asia
Sunday 20th – Tuesday 29th August 2006
The ‘Mingei’ Tradition in
South West China
Saturday 26th February – Sunday 20th March 2005
RESCHEDULED TRIP TO CHINA
October 2nd – 21st October 2003
CELEBRATE: 25th Anniversary of
1st Craft Potters Association Trip to CHINA
& 1,000 years of Porcelain Production in Jingdezhen
SPRING 2003 May 20th - June 14th
JOURNEY TO LADAKH in the Western
Himalayas
JUNE 2002 (proposed dates 10th - 24th June)
LIFE ALONG THE SILK ROAD across the Taklamakan Desert
26th AUGUST - 13th SEPTEMBER 2001
THE SILK ROAD IN CENTRAL ASIA
16th September - 3rd October 2001
ORIENTAL CERAMIC SOCIETY TOUR TO CHINA
21st October - 11th November 2000
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