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The Blue-and-White Porcelain of Embroidery

Serene, luminous, and composed.

The blue-and-white porcelain of embroidery. This is Sanlan (三蓝绣), the three-blue embroidery of Qing-dynasty Suzhou, its palette drawn from blue-and-white porcelain (青花瓷). A single peony is built from one blue in three graded depths, then set by hand with pearl. The colour is stitched, thread by thread, until porcelain seems to settle onto leather.

Designed by Master artisans, for the woman who appreciates beauty beyond her own corner of the world.

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What One Bag Quietly Holds...

Pure yet never plain, refined yet never loud.

素净不寡淡 · 雅致不张扬

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Years of the Suzhou three-blue tradition

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Graded depths of a single blue

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Ways to carry the bag

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Engraved Serial Number, Making Your Bag One of a Kind

A Palette Lifted From The Kiln

PORCELAIN, RENDERED IN THREAD

Blue-and-white porcelain (青花瓷) is among the most recognised of all Chinese art forms, cobalt painted beneath a clear glaze until the pattern seems to float within the vessel.

For six centuries it was the porcelain of emperors and the prize of foreign courts, so coveted that a single Ming vase could be traded for its weight in gold.

In the Qing dynasty, the embroiderers of Suzhou borrowed that language for silk, working peony and scrolling vine in graded blues until the cloth appeared to hold porcelain itself.

The result was named for what it resembled, the blue-and-white porcelain of embroidery. This series carries that inheritance onto full-grain leather, one peony to each bag, set by hand with pearl.

Three Depths of A Single Blue

SUBSTANCE TO THE TOUCH

The discipline of Sanlan is its beauty. The embroiderer works in one family of blue and lets gradation alone build volume and shadow. There is no other colour to lean on.

  • Light Blue (浅蓝)
  • Mid Blue (中蓝)
  • Deep Blue (深蓝)

Each panel is finished with round pearl beads set by hand at the heart of the blooms, then framed and bound in leather so the needlework is protected at every edge. Classical grace, given a modern and quiet-luxury weight.

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Two Ways To Carry

MADE TO BE LIVED WITH

The Qinghua is built around a single convertible strap, held by a securing clasp so it never slips or loosens. Worn one way it sits in the hand, worn another it falls to the shoulder, and the shape settles differently with each.

  • In the hand (手拎 / 手挽) — Carried short by the looped handle, the bag draws up into its sculptural triangular form, the embroidered panel held upright where it catches the eye. Composed enough for the meeting, the tea gathering, the considered day out.

  • On the shoulder (单肩背) — Released to its full length, the same bag relaxes into an easy, everyday carry that leaves the hands free, moving with you through the commute, the errand, the unhurried afternoon.


Two silhouettes from one bag, so the look is never one-note, matched to the clothes you already own and the life you actually lead.

A Work of Art, In Motion

It never seeks the spotlight, yet it is not forgotten. Carry a piece of the porcelain tradition, and keep it for the years that follow.

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