24.01.2012                      29.Tewet. 5772                       Jom Kippur Katan

Kunst:

In Design: The contemporary explorer

Penny Kogan’s exotic Marco Polo store in Herzliya Pituah is an emporium of Asian art and antiques.

Famed explorer Marco Polo (1254- 1324) traveled many, many miles from his native Venice to seek out the wonders of Asia. It took him 24 years of wandering, touring and tasting before he felt ready to return to Europe. His stories sounded almost unbelievable to those he had left behind. Luckily, he amassed a wealth of trinkets and treasures with which he was able to present one of the most impressive show-and-tell displays in history.
Following in his footsteps, merchants rushed to Asia, eager to bring home small tastes of the exotic land….