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Here you will find an extensive collection of Japanese and Chinese antique collectibles and furniture at deep discounted auction prices.
Choose from an exceptional variety of Chinese Furniture and Chests, Screens, and Statuary (including an extensive assortment of Chinese Dragon Art). Our Japanese invetory includes a wide selection of Lacquer Boxes, Vases, Teapots, Statues, and Samurai Swords.
Here you will find an extensive collection of Japanese and Chinese antique collectibles and furniture at deep discounted auction prices.
Choose from an exceptional variety of Chinese Furniture and Chests, Screens, and Statuary (including an extensive assortment of Chinese Dragon Art). Our Japanese invetory includes a wide selection of Lacquer Boxes, Vases, Teapots, Statues, and Samurai Swords.
We offer you one of the largest continually updated collections of Oriental Antiques and Collectibles found on the net. So please boomark us and continue to come back and visit us for more amazing Asian antiques and collectibles.
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- Examine each object with a magnifying glass and, when buying later Chinese and Japanese export wares, avoid even the tiniest chip or faintest crack.
- Tap each piece, or flick it gently with your fingernail and listen to its "ring." A dull sound indicates a crack.
- Be wary of dating Chinese ceramics by emperors' reign marks - earlier reign marks were used on some later pieces as a mark of respect for the past.
- Avoid wares marked "Made in China," "Made in Japan," or "Foreign." They are often of late date and a low quality.
The market for Chinese art continues to be very strong, thanks to the on-going growth of the market in China. However, this does not mean that all areas are performing equally well. Chinese collectors are buying items made to suite the Chinese taste rather than the export wares made for the West. Export and armorial wares, which were bought by American and European collectors, are less popular than they were, and this can be seen in lower prices these pieces are fetching overall.
Items made for scholar's desks, such as brushes, brush pots, brush rests, water droppers and table screens are selling to Chinese, American, and European buyers and prices have risen substantially. Chinese collectors are also buying 19th century and early 20th century Republican ceramics, as long as they are of good quality and in good condition.
Also strong at the moment, thanks to Chinese interest, are 17th century blue and white wares such as Transitional and Kangxi porcelain. Jades, if they have good provenance, are also performing well, with Chinese buyers favoring white jade over bright green jadeite. If you are looking for value for money, then funereal wares and early pottery from the Tang and Hang Dynasties are an area to consider. At present a Tang horse can be bought for $400-1.000, much less than a few years ago, although the best examples continue to sell for $20,000 or more.
An area to watch is Chinese paintings where examples by 20th centruy artists are starting to fetch large sums of money. In November 2000 Christie's Hong Kong sold Xu Beihong's 1924 painting Slave and Lion for $6.92 million - a record price for a Chinese oil painting.