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 [...]
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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. [...]
Asian China Antique Snuff Bottle
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.
