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Beijing Arts & Crafts Central Store
This centrally located store (the sign says 'Artistic Mansion') is known for its good selection of jade (with certificates of authenticity), jadeite, cloisonné vases, carpets and other Chinese arts and crafts. Jewellery (gold, silver, jade and pearl) is on the ground floor, with glass, paintings, calligraphy and fans on the 2nd floor. You can find woodcarvings, cloisonné, lacquerware and silks on the 3rd floor and jade carvings on the 4th floor.
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Beijing Curio City
South of Panjiayuan and next to the Antique City Hotel, Curio City is four floors of antiques, scrolls, ceramics, carpets and furniture. The ground floor is jade and pearls, the 2nd and 3rd floors are antiques and carpets and the 4th specialises in antique clocks and watches. Popular with tour groups, this is a good place to find knick-knacks and souvenirs but don't assume that all the antiques are the real deal.
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Jingdezhen Ceramic City
Just off Wangfujing Dajie, this huge emporium is spread over several floors with displays of well-lit ceramics from the Jingdezhen kilns. Pieces are modern, but many works on view employ traditional decorative styles and glazes, such as doucai (blue and white and coloured), fencai (famille rose) and qinghua (blue and white).
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Panjiayuan Market
Hands down the best place to shop for yishu (arts), gongyi (crafts) and guwan (antiques) in Beijing is Panjiayuan (aka the Dirt or Sunday Market). The market takes place on weekends only and has everything from calligraphy, Cultural Revolution memorabilia and cigarette-ad posters, to Buddha heads, ceramics and Tibetan carpets.
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Róngbǎozhāi
Spread over two floors and sprawling down quite a length of the road, this store has a selection of scroll paintings, woodblock prints, paper, ink and brushes. As it's state-run, the effect is rather uninspiring and the collection somewhat flat. Prices are generally fixed, although you can usually get 10% off. The shop accepts JCB credit cards.
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