Chinese Works of Art
This sector comprises art and antiques from China including works from the Han, Tang, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
There is a market for pieces of all ages and rarity from ancient Neolithic jades right up to ceramics made in the Republic era. The increased interest and purchasing power from Mainland China since the late 1990s has led to a significant rise of prices.
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Happy to have got your goat? Yes, three in fact
27 November 2023In Chinese symbolism, three goats shown together are representative of the New Year, bringing a change of fortune (sanyang kaitai).
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Sleeping ‘imperial poem’ plaques awakened at New Jersey auction
27 November 2023Catalogued simply as an ‘ornate Chinese plaque’ and estimated at $600-800, a Qing lacquer and porcelain panel hammered for a remarkable $440,000 (£359,000) at Regency Auction House in Rockaway, New Jersey.
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Deaccessioned works receive big auction welcome
27 November 2023Classical Chinese furniture deaccessioned from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts produced some sensational results at a dedicated Asian Art sale held by Brunk Auctions (23% buyer’s premium) in Asheville, North Carolina on October 19.
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Back from 1910 honeymoon with a Satsuma vase
27 November 2023Yabu Meizan (1853-1934) is considered the ‘prince’ of the so-called Satsuma medium.
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Chinese jade from Lawrence family collection soars past estimate
20 November 2023The most eagerly awaited of the five Asian art catalogues offered by Woolley & Wallis was an array of 34 Chinese jades from the Lawrence family collection.
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Imperial power told through a £110,000 hardwood chest
20 November 2023A Chinese ‘dragon’ box fashioned in the prized Asian wood zitan sold for £110,000 at Sworders (25% buyer’s premium) on November 3.
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Pick of the week: Chinese instruments belonging to a Dutchman who was in tune with China
13 November 2023The Dutch diplomat, musician, writer and sinologist Robert Hans van Gulik (1910-67), also known as Gao Luopei, was a great admirer of traditional Chinese literati culture.
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Chinese bronze hands vendor big reward
06 November 2023A spectacular Chinese bronze surfaced at DuMouchelles’ auction in Detroit.
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Riding in with Carter provenance
06 November 2023This pair of Qianlong (1735-96) cloisonné standing lion dogs with riders came for sale at Heritage (25% buyer’s premium) with a provenance to George Ann Brown Carter, wife of media scion Amon Giles Carter Jr (1919-82) of Fort Worth, Texas.
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Scroll on Song in the Windy City
06 November 2023Chinese item was owned by dealer who ran famed store on the Magnificent Mile in Chicago
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Shi Lu picked out at $430,000
06 November 2023Estimated at $30,000-50,000, an ink and colour on paper hanging scroll by Shi Lu (1919-82) took a mighty $430,000 (£354,500) at the latest Bonhams (28/27/21% buyer’s premium) auction of Fine Chinese Paintings in New York.
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Exquisite Chinese sleeper – but not in best condition
06 November 2023A textbook Chinese sleeper emerged at a recent sale held by Helmuth Stone (25% buyer’s premium): this 11in (29cm) cinnabar red lacquer circular box and cover.
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More art for the literati from Marsh
23 October 2023This 18in (45cm) high Chongzhen (1627-44) blue and white sleeve vase dated to the Wuyin year corresponding to 1638 is decorated with a scene from a popular 17th century drama based on a Tang poem.
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Seized jade now for sale
23 October 2023Bonhams’ Fine Chinese Art sale on November 2 includes this Qing jade carving of a mythical beast that formed part of the seminal Chinesische Kunst exhibition of 1929 in Berlin.
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Take a kesi seat cover or two
23 October 2023This pair of kesi chair covers woven with front-facing dragons against an apricot ground, date from the late Ming or early Qing dynasty period.
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Golden opportunity for snuff bottles
23 October 2023Susan Page brings a selection of snuff bottles from the Golden Autumn Collection to this year’s Asian Art in London, staging the show at Daniel Crouch Rare Books in St James’s.
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Scholar takes boat journey
23 October 2023This Ming dynasty cloisonné enamel literati subject box and cover, 15th or very early 16th century, is one of the highlights on offer at Priestly & Ferraro’s exhibition of Chinese ceramics and works of art.
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Collector interview: father’s fans are on view to all
23 October 2023Korean businessman Dr Hahn Kwang-ho CBE (1923-2014) was a well-known philanthropist and collector
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Kenneth Lawley collection on offer at Sotheby’s
23 October 2023Sotheby’s Important Chinese Art sale on November 1 includes the collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023), a longtime member of the Oriental Ceramic Society.
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Walden’s prancing horse
23 October 2023Duke’s Asian Art sale in Dorchester on November 29 features works from the family of the late John Walden, an active member of the Oriental Ceramic Society from the 1950s.
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