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 […]
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, […]
Chinese Shipwreck From Kangxi Period, Bowl Reef
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]