http://www.asian-antiq.com/blog A Place to Share Antique Collectible from Asian China - Statues, Furniture, Arts, Vase, Plates, Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:52:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A distinctly baba-nyonya ornament, incorporating recognisable Chinese symbols of chrysanthemum flowers, peaches and phoenixes. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="337" caption="Antique Nyonya Wares"][/caption] Note the distinct colouring which do not usually find such strong colours in Chinese porcelain ware. This type of porcelain only started in Malacca under Dutch influence, and was an important part ... http://www.asian-antiq.com/blog/nyonya-baba/antique-baba-nyonya-wares/ Chinese people have long believed that they could attract good fortune to themselves by surrounding themselves with "lucky" objects, images and words. A jar or painting could contain symbols or motifs representing one of the five types of good fortune: luck, prosperity, longevity, double happiness, and wealth. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="532" ... http://www.asian-antiq.com/blog/arts-and-crafts-antiques/antiques-artifacts-attracts-prosperity/ THE sound of prayers and hymns came from Christ Church in Malacca's Dutch Square during the launch of the Holland Days In Melaka. [caption id="attachment_43" align="alignleft" width="273" caption="Martin's Rembrant painting"][/caption] The week-long event was organised by the Netherlands Embassy to commemorate 50 years of diplomatic ties between the two countries and the ... http://www.asian-antiq.com/blog/antique-art/dutch-antiques/ Celadon porcelain, usually a pale green-blue in color, developed, flourished. With a signature dragon inset a 11th Century Sung Dynasty China Celadon Pottery Green Plate Find out more here [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="206" caption="Celadon Porcelain Ceramic Plate"][/caption] http://www.asian-antiq.com/blog/sung-dynasty/another-celadon-porcelain-plate/ Blue white porcelain production of  Yuan Dynasty for the imperial market Yuan Dynasty Blue Hexagonal Double Gourd VaseImpecable design heavily drawn fine piece produce for the imperial kingdom. Perfection of the Yuan Dynasty Art Read more here http://www.asian-antiq.com/blog/blue-and-white-porcelain/blue-white-porcelain/ [caption id="attachment_31" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="antique china plates"][/caption] antique china platesAll emphasis had been place in Ming Dynasty.  However they missed the remarkable antique china plates of Yuan Dynasty.   Yuan Dynasty have known to have most prominent of blue and white porcelain ever to be made for  imperial order. The foliated diamond diaper border ... http://www.asian-antiq.com/blog/blue-and-white-porcelain/antique-china-plates/ Confusion between early Vietnamese ceramics and early chinese ceramics There are apparent affinities with similar productions made in China sometimes inhibit attribution to Vietnam. Dissimilarities between the two productions are difficult to describe and illustrate and the kilns which produced these wares are still unknown. Confusions between Vietnamese and Chinese ceramics ... http://www.asian-antiq.com/blog/early-vietnamese-ceramics/confusion-between-early-vietnamese-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. ... http://www.asian-antiq.com/blog/antique-china/yuan-dynasty-art-collectible-ceramics/