Asia Week New York March 2016, A Big Event in the Big Apple This year’s Asia Week New York March 2016 has grown since it’s humble beginnings back in 2009 of just 16 Asian art galleries in the city’s upper East Side, to a city wide event. This March’s Asia Week showcases exhibits and auctions […]
Massachusetts Proposed Ban on Ivory and Rhino Horns | Art
Massachusetts Proposed Ban on Ivory and Rhino Horns S. 440/H. 1275 Posted by: plcombs Dealers Chinese Art – Antiques A few thoughts on the currently Proposed Ban on Ivory and Rhino Horns here in Massachusetts An open letter to our legislature on the reality of the trade in Ivory and Rhino horns in New England. October 20, […]
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 […]
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” […]
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. […]
Metropolitan Museum Asian Art Collection
China: West Meets East at The Metropolitan Museum Asian Art Collection A superb film on the Metropolitan Museum Asian Art Collection. The MET’s fine collection of Chinese art is showcased in considerable detail for nearly an hour in this terrific video produced in 2008. With commentary and narration from various experts at the institution. In this film […]
Ancient Art Tells China’s Modern Tale
Ancient Art Tells China’s Modern Tale – NYTimes.com AMSTERDAM — For the first half of his career, the artist Qiu Deshu largely rode the seismic shifts of Chinese history. Chinese Ming Dynasty Ink Painting of Bamboo Leaves and Branches Mr. Qiu, who was born in Shanghai in 1948, studied traditional Chinese arts, including seal carving, […]
Famille-Rose-Yangcai-Fencai-Chinese-Porcelains
Famille-Rose-Yangcai-Fencai-Chinese-Porcelains | China Online Museum Imperial Qianlong Enamel vase, National Palace Museum Collection Studying and learning about the wide range of enamels that can be found on Chinese porcelains involves and learning about the history of and evolutions of Chinese porcelain decorating going back at least to the Ming Dynasty. They have many names, some are […]
Qing Dynasty Ceramics Porcelain History
Qing Dynasty Ceramics Porcelain History | China Online Museum Fine Kangxi Vase, Circa 1700. Jingdezhen Kilns China The great Jingdezhen kilns that had supplied the most artistically advanced ceramics to the world for centuries were largely destroyed during the dislocations that led to the fall of the Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644). Fortunately, the Manchu […]
Introduction To Chinese Bronze History
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 […]