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My precious: Lucas showing an antique ceramic plate.

MIRI: As I browsed through the century-old items displayed at one corner of Pustaka Miri, my host Lucas Johnny carefully explained to me the times and the artists who made these artworks.

“There are pieces from the Sung Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and the Ching Dynasty. The reign marks stamped on the artworks show who the original artists are,” he told me as he referred to a content of a book titled China Ceramics.