巡笔记
*福兴*是具有悠久历史的第三代业务，早在1960年由祖父创立。他于1930年从中国来到新加坡，希望开创事业与新的生活。在距离国家图书馆不远的北桥路,小小的起点。钢笔业务在1995年才正式起飞，孙子，第三代，看上了一只精致的纯银钢笔，那错综复杂的雕刻，独特的设计，深深吸引了他的目光。进一步研究中，他才发现，这实是手工雕刻的限量版万宝龙笔。而笔是对于洛伦佐·德·美第奇Lorenzo De Medici(一个意大利政治家，也是文艺复兴时期佛罗伦萨的实际统治者)的致敬。 出于好奇，他开始阅读了笔的历史，因此引起了他对笔业的兴趣：这个工艺背后的过程。直到今天，现在，福兴以是该行业博有知名度的专家。高品质的服务和对客户的热情也是长期忠实客户回来的原因。 ~ *Fook Hing* is a 3rd generation business with a long history , founded as early as 1960 by the 1st generation owner who came to Singapore from China in 1
Kwong Shin
As I entered the shop, I felt a sense of familiarity. One of the optometrist greeted me with a bright smile and referred me to the boss of the shop. Running the shop along with her husband, Annie Lam has been the “lao ban niang” (female boss) of Kwong Shin. Their first shop was in Arab Street and in 1980, they moved over to Bras Basah Complex. She shared about how the shop has been adopting to the changes in the market, speaking of how her shop has been importing fashionable
卓水发象牙公司
象牙是亞洲象的牙齒，一般都是雕刻成美麗的雕刻品，十分珍貴，也可藥用。 早在明朝時，李時珍的《本草綱目》已經記載了象牙的藥用效果，如象牙磨成粉能定驚、安神，還能祛濕解毒。象牙除了藥用外，象牙粉還具有美容的功效。 據說象是陽氣極盛的動物，所以多見於陰邪的地方，有驅邪的功能。象牙又是象身上最堅固的部分，在傳統文化中，它被賦予了風水學上的特殊意義：辟邪、招財、鎮宅、對於體弱多病、事業低沉、精神困擾者助力最大。雖然這些是人們對它的神話作用，但是也得到了很多人的認可。 象牙也經常在佛經中出現，並且在佛教中有著崇高而神聖的地位，因此在牙雕藝術中，以佛教為題材的牙雕藝術品也很受歡迎。 In China and Hong Kong, ivory has equal status as precious gemstones and is used in ornaments and jewellery. It's also sometimes used in traditional Chinese medicine. Some think that owning iv
Singapore International Auction Pte Ltd
Annie, Director of the Singapore International Auction Pte Ltd, chuckled lightly as she told me about the humble beginnings of this company. Established in 2013, Singapore International Auction Pte Ltd has been holding auctions after auctions, with the mission of bringing up the art scene in Singapore. Originally, the company started with collecting Asian Chinese art and porcelain art. Works of world-renowned artists such as Xu Bei Hong and Wu Guan Zhong are featured in many
