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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 [...]

London : Hidden away amid shoe boxes and dresses,  a precious 18th century

JAPAN’S EXPORT PORCELAINby Helga L. Zipser
All photos are by Randal A. Zipser, La Petite Galerie.
As seen in Antiques & Art Around Florida, Winter/Spring 1999

This is a gold coated  silver hammer antique anklet worn by the Nyonya from Penang.  This piece is hollow in the middle beautifully hand hammered which can be open on one end with a screw and the other side is joined with a sealed with a movable rod.  Notice closely at the 2 nyonya baba legs where [...]

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 [...]

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.  [...]

Asian China Antique Snuff Bottles used to hold snuff. Snuff are tobacco powder. Although legally, the smoking of tobacco was not permitted, its use as snuff was considered perfectly acceptable, as it was thought to have valuable medicinal applications.