Chinese antique masterpieces on display. 中国杰作出售。

Investigation about an ancient Chinese white ware ceramic vase!

ceramics, Christies, Ding, foot rim, Hin-Cheung Lovell, Hongwu, incised, key-frets, Percival David, phoenix, Sotheby's, Ting Yao, white ware

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关于中国古代白瓷陶瓷花瓶的调查。 丁型。 中国陶瓷。 I propose you a great investigation. The objective is to identify the below vase. Its main characteristics are the following: Globular vase with long neck and garlic head. 34 cm high. White ivory glaze, small crackles. Very...

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Cizhou wine jar with handles - Chinese ceramics

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Wonderful Cizhou wine jar with two very small handles. The jar is covered from a white glaze, painted with two brown foliage drawings. The foot is unequally uncovered from glaze and let appear a dark grey foot. Wonderful. China. Song dynasty. Height:...

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Fahua vase from Zhengde or Jiajing - Versailles Castle

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Wonderful Fahua barrel mounted with gold. To be seen in Versailles Castle directly in King Louis XVI's apartment. 36 cm high. China. Ming Dynasty. Purchased in 1782 by the King himself to the French collector Duc d'Aumont.

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Pairs of Celadon vase - Versailles & Breteuil

Breteuil, Celadon, ceramics, Chinese ceramics, Christies, masterpiece, Ming dynasty, pair of vases, Sotheby's, Truong, Versailles

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I had the wonderful opportunity to visit the marvellous chateaux de Versailles and de Breteuil over the same week end in the near Paris area. There, I discovered two wonderful pairs of ancient celadon vases. The first one has been bought by King Louis...

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Pair of Ming aubergine and blue statuettes

16th century, aubergine, auction, Confucius, Drouot, glazed ceramics, Immortals, Ming dynasty, Sotheby's, statuette, turquoise

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一对茄子和蓝色小雕像 明代。 中国陶瓷。 Two turquoise blue and aubergine statuettes supposed to represent Confucius holding a paper attribute. At least a pair of immortals ("Pa-cheng") Glazed ceramics. Last sold in 1982 during French auction in Drouot (Cornette de Saint-Cyr)....

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Flower shaped longquan celadon brush washer

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Exceptional Flower shaped Longquan celadon brush washer. Polylobed with a peony flower carved inside. Wonderful piece of work: finely carved, beautiful polylobed shape, wonderful volumes. Thick bright celadon glaze. Song or Ming dynasty. China. 13 cm...

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Cobalt blue crackled Yuhuchunping vase

Asian art, bamboo, bird, cobalt blue, crackled, pear-shaped, Sotheby's, Truong, vase, Yuhuchunping

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白色和钴蓝色裂纹玉壶春瓶花瓶。 亚洲陶瓷，可能是越南文。 White and cobalt blue crackled Yuhuchunping vase. bird, bamboos and foliage drawings on the glaze. Presumably Vietnamese. 20,5 cm high. Private collection.

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Hexafoil Song celadon brushwasher

brushwasher, Celadon, Ceramics, China, Christies, hexafoil, Song dynasty, Sotheby's

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六角花青瓷刷洗机。 宋。 中国陶瓷。 Green olive celadon brushwasher. Hexafoil polylobed washer. 3 marks of "pernettes" on the base. Dynasty Song China 11 / 12 cm diameter Private collection

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5 stars of Chinese ceramics

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中国陶瓷5星。 刘义谦 民潮学会。 "Lovely pieces. If you buy them, they are kept in your hands. If you don’t buy them, you keep the money in your pocket. Beautiful things always attract our eyeballs. Not sure when will these items come up for auction again." Liu Yiqian,...

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Extensive review of Chinese collectors profile and motivation

Chinese ceramics, Chow, Clark, collectors, cunliffe, grandidier, hikonobu ise, liu yiqian, min chiu, Pilkington, richard kan, sir percival david

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As a Chinese ceramics collector myself, I really wanted to know more about all the past or present collectors that have shared this same passion with me. Having a passion is great but sharing it is exceedingly better. In this article, I will go through...

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