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Chinese porcelain commands attention at Capsule Auctions, April 14
NEW YORK – Capsule Auctions will present Spring Asian Art, a sale featuring Asian paintings, prints, ceramics and decorative objects from New York and New England estates and collections, on Thursday, April 14 at 10 am Eastern time. Features of the sale include Chinese porcelains and ceramics as well as a large selection of Japanese woodblock […]
American-themed Chinese export porcelain served at Alex Cooper, March 5
TOWSON, Md. – The Alex Cooper auction house will hold a sale titled Fine Art, Furniture, Decorative Art & Rugs on Saturday, March 5, starting at 10 am Eastern time. Among the lots will be a selection of Chinese Export porcelain with patriotic American themes. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Bonhams offers peerless British Regency porcelain Sept. 29
LONDON – A collection of British Regency porcelain described as “the finest to appear at auction within living memory” is to be offered at The Twinight Collection sale at Bonhams on Wednesday September 29. The 103-lot sale represents the very best of the products of all the great English makers of the late 18th and […]
Chinese Export armorial porcelain still denotes prestige
NEW YORK — Long before Europeans perfected making fine china from clay, Chinese artisans mined kaolin (white clay) to create beautiful wares. Examples of their exquisite work were first imported from China to Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries and were well received. By the time trade routes fully opened up in the 16th […]