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‘Fine Asian Art’, Christies London 6th November

Ming1449 — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:32:04 +0000

Hi all -

After withdrawing in 2020 from holding London Asian sales, Christies have just put their first general auction online, coinciding with AAL 2026 …

179 lots of Chinese ceramics, bronzes, furniture, figures, scholars objects and some paintings, lacquer and jades. India, Tibetan and Nepalese sculpture and figures, and Japanese inro, woodblock prints, lacquer and a few metalworks …

Enjoy viewing via Christies website auction page …

Stuart

Chinese? Imari

CentralPApottery — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:58:31 +0000

Hello knowledgeable ones,

I normally don’t buy Imari for some reason. But, this lamp was such a good deal and was kind of interesting because of photo four so I had to buy it to find out more. Am I correct? This 14” vase is Chinese? Sorry, the red mark is almost totally drilled away. I’m hoping for thoughts on age and the decoration inside the rim. Sorry the base photo is a little darker.

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Tiny cup

Dom C — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 01:44:58 +0000

Hi what do you think of the age off the cup it is 6cm wide 3.5cm high I was thinking 1950s to 1970s I might be wrong could be older or even newer thank you Dom

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Ceramic Statues and Big Shishi

A L — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:35:17 +0000

Hi! Longtime lurker, first time poster.

Basically, I won an auction lot with several cloisonne and carved lacquer vases, but which also came with three other items that are way out of my wheelhouse, and I'm wondering if anyone can ID and value them (although I'm kind of in love with the shishi and may keep it).

All the cloisonne is from the 70s/80s, so I imagine that's where the other items date from as well -- it seems to be someone's vacation souvenirs, if I had to guess.

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First up are these two guys, who I'm 95% sure are cast ceramic. The small one is much higher quality than the large. On the bottom of one of them is a mark, but one of the characters is stamped very lightly and I'm not sure what it says. My best guess is 毛王 but googling that is only getting me anime results because LLMs suck.

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But the big guy! Reverse image search is only pulling seal stamps that are much smaller; as you can see by my hand, this is ~8-10in tall and very heavy; I'm almost sure it's carved stone, but it could also be cast metal. It's detailed on all four sides very nicely, but the details on the edge are scratched in instead of carved in relief. The video below is the best impression of it:

drive.google.com/file/d/1nfn-1ca4wmXtZWFj9Ss9obIzjvipMo7W/view?usp=sharing

Enjoy watching me struggle to pick it up with one hand to show that felt has been glued to the bottom.

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I'd love to hear guesses at what kind of stone this as, as there's no way I'm suspending this thing in water. That spot in front makes me think it was patina'd after being carved/cast.

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Honestly unless this thing is crazy valuable (unlikely) I'll probably keep it. It has so much character!

Anyway, thanks for your time and advice~

Dore & Rees Asian November auction

Ming1449 — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:28:01 +0000

Hi all -

Dore & Rees have put their November Asian sale online, to be held 9th November …

428 lots, mostly Chinese including jades, ceramics, furniture, glass, paintings, sculpture, textiles and literature, also some Japanese and a few Indian objects …

Enjoy viewing via Dore & Rees’s website auction page …

Stuart

Dating Embroidery

Christina Sivret — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:46:39 +0000

Greetings, I recently bought a few pieces of framed Chinese embroidery. Unfortunately, I think I gave a way the nicest piece, not realizing that it could be antique/something I should save. I've attached photos of another piece I bought (approximately 12" x 9" without the frame) and I was wondering if anyone could help with dating/valuing it so that I know what I have? The back is papered, and there's no information other than giving Dedham, Mass as the location of framing. I saw there was a separate thread discussing embroidery, but it looks like it hasn't been active for a few years. Thank you!

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Chinese peach box

Steve — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:03:44 +0000

Hi Everyone

Hope you are well.

I thought I'd share a cloisonne box I came across at a store shaped like a peach. I didn't like it well enough to buy ($300) but I thought it was unusual. It's about 8 or 9 inches long, quite heavy, and decorated on both sides and inside as well (lid and base) but with no "CHINA" mark that I could find. have you seen one like it? Late Qing? 20th century?

My 60th is coming up and I know that peaches and things with them are popular gifts for my age but I have no where to put it.

Warm regards,

Steve

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‘Chinese Art’, Sothebys London 4th November

Ming1449 — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:22:59 +0000

Hi all -

Sothebys have put their main Asian Art London auction online …

205 lots, numerous ceramics, bronzes and jades and some sculpture, paintings, manuscripts, cloisonné, lacquers and textiles …

Enjoy viewing via Sotheby’s auction website page …

Stuart

‘Pavilion Online - Chinese Art’, Christies Hong Kong

Ming1449 — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:23:48 +0000

Hi all -

Christies Hong Kong have put their Chinese timed auction online, to be held 22nd October - 5th November …

79 lots mostly ceramics and jades, with a few sculptures, lacquers and scholars objects …

Enjoy viewing via Christies website auction page …

Stuart

Sworders Asian and Islamic Art November auctions

Ming1449 — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:08:33 +0000

Hi all -

Sworders have put their November Asian Art auctions online, to be over two days on 11/12th November …

983 lots including Chinese, Japanese, Indian and South East Asian pieces including ceramics, bronzes, jades, paintings, manuscripts, woods and other metal works …

The sale also includes a number of modern and contemporary India paintings …

Enjoy viewing via Sworders auction website page …

Stuart