Chinese Shipwreck Yields Treasure Trove of Kangxi Porcelains Off the coast of mainland China in Pingtan County, Fujian their is an area frequented by fishermen known as Bowl Reef or Wan Jiao, as they fairly often would haul up old Chinese porcelain bowls in their nets thus earning the name. .. View Larger Map Detail, Kangxi […]
Authenticating Chinese Porcelains Is Difficult | Collecting
Authenticating Chinese Porcelain The key to determining values and place of origin is where authenticating Chinese porcelain becomes difficult . In American furniture the form, construction, material used and overall proportions are the guides one goes by to determine whether a piece is from Boston or New York or South Carolina. They all have regional indicators […]
Chinese Imperial Coral Red Yongzheng Bowls
Chinese Coral red Imperial Bowls of the Yongzheng Period are HOT So hows the market for these little tiny bowls? Chinese Imperial coral red Yongzheng bowls of the Yongzheng Period (1723-1735) are among the rarest of all the holy grails known in the world of Chinese porcelain collecting. They are also among the most beautiful of […]
Christies Highlights May 30 2012 Hong Kong
Christies Highlights May 30 2012 Hong Kong MAGNIFICENT AND RARE CELADON-GLAZED ARCHAISTIC VASE, HU QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) Price Realized: $3,709,725 Lot Description Qianlong Mark and Period Celadon Vase, Christies, Hong Kong, May 30, 2012 The vase is well potted in baluster form with an angular sloping shoulder rising […]
Learning About Chinese Porcelain and Art
Learning about Chinese Porcelain and Art from Asia On eBay is an Expensive Education If you’ve found yourself attracted to the shapes, forms, use of color, materials used and symbolism coupled with the fascinating history of Chinese art, learning about only draws you in further. It happened to me while in grammar school and is largely […]
Nine Steps to Writing Better Ebay Listings | Make Money on eBay
Nine Steps to Writing Better Ebay Listings Writing better eBay listings takes work and thought, but it’s not difficult once you’ve done it a few times. So we’ve boiled it down to nine steps to writing better Ebay listings ; from taking pictures, selecting categories to shipping options and return policies. You can learn to […]
Early Dated 18th C. Norwegian Hen Form Rosemaling Ale Bowl
Early Dated 18th C. Norwegian Hen Form Rosemaling Ale Bowl During the course of any given year I attend dozens and dozens of estate auctions here in the Gloucester, Massachusetts area. Usually seeking out Asian works of art in the forms of porcelains, bronzes, jades, scrolls and textiles.. This past week I caught wind of […]
Chinese Lamp Sells for 868357 Dollars in England
Chinese Lamp Sells for 868357Dollars in England Chinese Emporer Xuande (1425-1435) On May 14th of 2012 at Dukes Auction House in Dorcehster, Dorset, England sold what had been used as a table lamp by an elderly woman for $868,357 (550,000 pounds). She had apparently been given the lamp many years ago after it had been long […]
Paintings of the Ming Dynasty The Freer Gallery
Paintings of the Ming Dynasty The Freer Gallery Paintings from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) part of the Smithsonian Institution’s Freer Gallery’s amazing collection of Chinese Paintings. A little known secret is the Freer Sackler Collection holds one of the finest Chinese Paintings collection in the world, including collections in China and at the National Palace Museum in Taiwan. Ming […]
Fitzwilliam Museum Robbery of Jades
If you haven’t been following this story, its a good one! Cambridgeshire Jade Robbery April 13, 2012 Fitzwilliam Museum Robbery of Jades On April 13th in Cambridge, England a small team of thieves broke into the Fitzwilliam Museum at around 7:30 in the evening and stole part of the museum’s Asian art collection. The haul has been […]