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Yuan Dynasty Art Collectible Ceramics

I wonder why not much Yuan Dynasty Art Ceramics were not emphasized in the antique china collection world.   Perhaps during Yuan Dynasty, China were first rule by the Mongols – the foreigner. The Mongols took over a rich China and less than one hundred years later left an impoverished nation. The Chinese dislike the cannibalism [...]

Ming Underglazed Red Pear Vase

New world record for Ming vase

New world record for Ming vase
(China Daily)
Updated: 2006-05-31 05:52 HONG KONG: A rare underglaze copper-red Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) vase sold for HK$78.52 million (US$10.13 million) in Hong Kong yesterday, setting a world auction record for Ming porcelain. Theow Tow, Deputy Chairman of Christie’s Asia and the Americas International Director of Chinese works of Arts, looks at [...]

Chinese Antique Powder Box

Chinese Antique Powder Box measuring 7.5cm in diameter and 3 cm in height.  Delicately drawn in blue spray and scrolls with a huge flower right in the middle of the well fitted cover.  Extensively well decorated by hand drawn for a small piece of antique dish.  Click on the image to see the inside of [...]

Asian China Antique Ink Bottle

This Antique Bottle with two rounded ear rings made in the Yuan Dynasty are made to hold writing inks.  Drawn with blue flowers joined with waves of small leave running around the whole bottle.  The uneven glazed nature of the bottle show its raw nature of ancient times. This Antique Bottle is 7.5cm in height.  [...]

Antique China Cabinet

My dad was a antique collector.  He collected lots of furniture from Penang many years back.  My mom took a few of the loose carved panel and engaged the carpenter to make up this cupboard then paint in red with lasting gold varnish.  She then fixed traditional holder as the drawer opener.  These type of [...]

Antique China Kwan Yin

A semi glazed standing Antique China Kwan Yin 84 cm in height.  She is clad in a green robe one hand holding a lotus leaf standing on a yellow glazed dragon.