On June 19th the TAJAN auction house in Paris will conduct a sale of Asian art featuring two terrific bronzes from French estates. While this sale lacks any major porcelain or jade lots, the folks at Tajan have managed to wrangle up a number of nice bronzes. With estimates ranging from under one thousand […]
Chinese Late Qing-Republic Period Porcelain Signatures Marks
Late Qing-Republic Period Porcelain Signatures and MarksFinding late Qing-Republic period porcelain signatures by known artists from that time can be difficult. Consequently, we thought it might be useful to share with our users a very good site who’s author has taken the time to list and illustrate hundreds of them in alphabetical order. Some of you […]
The Fujita Collection Chinese Art Auction | Art News
The FUJITA Sale Auction results A MAGNIFICENT AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL AND COVER, FANGLEI LATE SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG, 13TH-11TH CENTURY BC The Fujita Museum Auction, Asia Week 2017 Exceptionally rare Chinese celadons from the Yuan and ming dynasty, fabulous paintings and some of the finest Shang bronzes ever collected. An Amazing collection. […]
The Virata Collection of Chinese-Asian Art | Auction News
View Auction Results on You-Tube The Virata Collection of Chinese-Asian Art An exceptional auction of extremely fine primarily Chinese works of art. Collected over a lifetime from the world’s greatest dealers and collectors by Marie Theresa L. Virata. A lifelong resident of the Philippines Mrs. Virata was an inveterate collector and possessed with impeccable […]
Chinese Art-Antique Auction Catalogs | Christie’s Catalogues
CHRISTIE’S | Chinese Art-Antique Auction Catalogs Prior to every auction CHRISTIE’S produces superbly illustrated and researched auction catalogues in all categories. Happily for collectors and dealers of Asian art, these are not only useful reference tools for buying but for doing research as well. For major or rarer lots catalog entries are often accompanied by extensive […]
Chinese Scholar’s Studio Objects | Asian Art Collecting
Chinese Scholar’s Studio Objects Chinese scholar’s objects hold a special niche in the arena Asian art. For students and collectors, they are the core physical embodiment symbolically of China’s most elite intellectuals and their pursuits. Historically the scholar’s studio and it’s contents has been through many evolutions, starting during the Song Dynasty right through the late Qing Dynasty […]
Qianjiang Style of Chinese Porcelain An Introduction
Qianjiang Style of Chinese Porcelain An introduction to Qianjiang Style of Chinese Porcelain; I have often fantasized that the evolution of artistic style in the history of art in the world, particularly in painting, can be hung on a single, central thread. A thread that runs from Neolithic graffiti of hunting scenes to the Maestà of […]
Yongle Imperial Art the Metropolitan Museum | Chinese Art
Yongle Imperial Art, an introduction Posted by: plcombs Dealers Chinese Art – Antiques Yongle imperial art is one of the great high points of China’s entire history, ranging from the near perfection of blue and white porcelain to finely carved lacquer, paintings, cloisonne and a myriad of other decorative arts produced during the early 15th C. . […]
The Linyushanren Collection Chinese Ceramics, Christie’s | Chinese Art
The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics The Linyushanren Collection, Part I Posted by: plcombs Dealers Chinese Art – Antiques 古韻天成 — 臨宇山人珍藏（一） Wednesday 2 December 2015 Possibly , for me anyway, the best auction Christie’s has had in the last year or two. The superbly illustrated catalog of the Linyushanren Collection is well worth having and has […]
Chinese Modern Paintings Hong Kong December 2015 | Asian Art
Chinese Works of Art Hong Kong December 2015, Christie’s Chinese Modern Paintings: During the first week of December 2015, Christie’s Hong Kong will conducts a series of auction comprising in SIX parts; Fine Modern Paintings, Scholar’s Rocks, Early Ceramics of the Song to early Ming Dynasty’s, A single lot specialty auction of a Yongzheng bowl, Buddhist Bronzes, […]