Tag: China
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Louis Vuitton vs Molly Tea: The $1.5 Million Flower and What It Says About Who Owns a Shape
I put the two pictures side by side on my screen and zoomed in. One is a four-petal flower on a €1,550 handbag. The other is a four-petal flower on a 15-yuan cup of Jasmine tea. About two dollars. Then I opened a third image. A rosewood pipa from the Tang dynasty, 1,300 years old,…