Chinese Bronzes | Chinese Art Gallery | China Online Museum Introduction To Chinese Bronze History Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin with lower melting point and a higher degree of hardness than those of copper. When it is cast, bronze has the advantages of minimum air bubble production and maximum flow quality and […]
Antique Chinese Ceramics, Pottery, Porcelain
Antique Chinese Ceramics, Pottery, Porcelain | China Online Museum Chinese ceramic ware is an artform that has been developing since the dynastic periods. The first types of ceramics were made about ten to eleven thousand years ago. Chinese ceramics range from construction materials such as bricks and tiles, to hand-built pottery vessels fired in bonfires or […]
The Xu Family of Guangzhou, History, Politics and Art
The Xu Family of Guangzhou, History, Politics and Art Xu Family Qing Porcelain Collection THE EXHIBITION Virtuous Heritage: Xu Family of Guangzhou: Mandarins, Revolutionaries, Educators and Scientists at the University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, is dedicated to the Xu clan, the first family of Guangzhou. Their fortunes were intimately linked to […]
Chinese Northern Song Ru Ware
The Rarest of all Chinese Porcelains Chinese Northern Song Ru Ware RU WARE IS the most celebrated of Northern Song (960-1127) ceramics. These utensils were made exclusively for the court and were ranked among the Ding, Jun, Guan and Ge as the ‘five classic wares’ of the Song dynasty (960-1279). They began to be collected […]
Advice for eBay From a Powerseller
Advice for eBay From a Powerseller The Problem With EBAY and How They Deal With It? or Not October 3, 2012 Gloucester, MA, by Fitz Henry Lane, 19th C. Months ago after dealing with YEARS of frustration in dealing with EBAY’s apparent inability to develop a workable plan for aiding sellers who do business in […]
Searching Ebay For Chinese Antiques Just Got Easy
Searching Ebay For Chinese Antiques Just Got Easy Before you forget, Bookmark this page, or the bidamount.com site itself. Their is a link to the site as well on the right side of this page too…we don’t want you to get lost. Its one of the FEW free sites on the web…we wouldn’t know how […]
Non Payers in China on Ebay Out of Control
If you sell items to the Chinese market, especially Asian Art, take the time to read this. Its important. The Non Payers in China on Ebay Out of Control During the last few years, the number of of items on Ebay being bought by customers in China and Taiwan and then not paying the bill have […]
Chinese Collectors Lose Millions on Chinese Fakes
The Setup During the last 20 years its no secret that Chinese antiques have skyrocketed crazily in value, its also no secret that potters in Jingdezhen have busy beavers cranking out fakes by the trainload, literally for most of that time and longer. The same goes for jade carvings and bronzes. The Chinese government not surprisingly, is also […]
What You Can and Cannot Sell on EBAY
What You Can and Cannot Sell on EBAY including ivory, guns but porn is ok! Know the eBay auction rules and make money Its all pretty confusing, contradictory and funny. Ebay is a huge company, I mean a really huge company, I’ve been a member since 1998 under my seller name of plcombs. So with all […]
Boston North Shore A Chinese Collection
Chinese Art Collection In Beverly Farms Estate Every now and again something very surprising happens in the antiques business, especially with Asian art. Boston North Shore A Chinese Collection Henry C. Frick “Summer Cottage” Beverly Farms, MA A few years ago, a Monday morning I got a call from a lady over in Beverly Farms, […]