Obtaining Asian-Chinese Antiques Appraisals By: plcombs, Asian Art | Dealers-Appraisers-Auctioneers 185 Main Street, Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930 | 978-283-3524 If you’ve ever been in the position of settling an estate as an executor or have inherited art or antiques from a relative, you probably found yourself also seeking an appraiser. Either for settling the estate or for […]
Chinese Antique Collections in New England | History
The History of Chinese Antique Collections in New England is a long one If you’ve lived in New England for any length of time and spent a bit of that time learning about the regions material culture you no doubt have encountered Chinese art and antique furnishings. Often it seems to blend in so well […]
Freer-Sackler Gallery Chinese Paintings
The Smithsonian Institution’s Asian Art Collection Freer-Sackler Gallery Chinese Paintings of the Song to Qing Dynasty The Freer-Sackler Gallery Chinese paintings collection at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC is among one of the most important assemblages of Chinese art in the world. The history of the collection and the museum is itself quite a story. […]
Chinese Antiques in Boston and New England | Collectors
Chinese-Antiques-in-Boston-and-New-England A Brief History of Collecting For 200 years By: Peter Combs, plcombs Asian Art, Gloucester, MA Appraisers – Dealers – Auctioneers, since 1979 Chinese antiques in Boston and New England have a long and enduring history. During the last 35 years I’ve had the good fortune to work in the antiques business here in […]
Find Authentic Chinese Jade on eBay
Find Authentic Chinese Jade on eBay ( a bit more easily) On Ebay you can find and buy both authentic old-antique carved Chinese jade, as well as fakes copied to deceive the uninitiated, so be cautious. So, when we talk here about how to find authentic Chinese Jade on eBay we will be focusing on the old […]
Song to Yuan Dynasty Pottery-Porcelains
The Freer-Sackler Asian Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution Song to Yuan Dynasty Pottery-Porcelains, is now fully searchable for reference and study. While we’re all aware as collectors and dealers the Freer-Sackler has an astoundingly wide ranging collection of Asian Art, it is now fully available ONLINE. The collection has been digitally archived with descriptions and […]
Documentary Chinese Porcelain History
A Series of Video Documentary’s From Ancient Pottery to late Qing Porcelains A series, Documentary Chinese Porcelain History A well narrated (including Lu Minghua) and illustrated documentary series on the history of and methodology of making Chinese pottery and it’s evolution into high fired porcelains. With a good section on the Song kilns and “Ru” […]
Chinese-auction-catalogs-from-Sothebys-Christies
Chinese Porcelain Auction Catalogs They Are On Ebay, by the Thousands! Save a lot of money on Chinese-auction-catalogs-from-Sothebys-Christies For decades smart and successful collectors and dealers have relied on the information found in the auction catalogs put out by the major auctions houses. Once the sale is over, they sell them off in lots to […]
The Great Bronze Age of China
The Great Bronze Age of China | Asia for Educators | Columbia University The Great Bronze Age of China: An Exhibition from the People’s Republic of China at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Bronze Age was the time when men learned how to mine and smelt copper and tin to make bronze […]
Earliest Chinese Bronze Discovered
Earliest Chinese Bronze Discovered in Shaanxi Province Chinese archaeologists excavate earliest bronze armor pieces XI’AN, March 10 (Xinhua) — Archaeologists in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province said Sunday that one piece of thigh armor and two pieces of upper-body armor dating back 3,000 years may be the oldest pieces of bronze armor ever unearthed in China. […]