Authenticating Chinese Ming Dynasty Imperial Xuande Blue & White Wares Masterpieces of the Xuande Period at
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This magnificent and very rare large blue and white ‘Dragon’ jar was once used as an umbrella stand. After a team of Christie's specialists looked at the jar, they realised they were handling an incredibly important piece of Chinese porcelain from the Ming Dynasty. In this video, Chi Fan Tsang, a specialist in Chinese Ceramics
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Los Angeles-based mixed-media ceramic artist Jenny Hata Blumenfield helps us reconsider the place of ceramics and pottery in contemporary art. ‘I see clay as having the widest range of expression,’ she explains. ‘By working with it the way that I do, I hope that steadily people will start to receive this idea of ceramics or
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‘This vase is a really important piece of British ceramic history,’ says Matilda Burn, a Christie’s specialist in Decorative Arts, of this black ‘basaltes’ encaustic-decorated ‘First Day’s Vase’, potted by Josiah Wedgwood in 1769. ‘It’s the start of a legacy that has continued through the centuries. He really dedicated his life to the perfection of
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This haniwa clay model of a horse from 6th-century Japan would have been buried in a tomb on ‘a very grand scale’, explains Japanese Art specialist Mark Hinton. Find out more at The decoration and detailing suggest it would have been made for a ‘very high-ranking person’, with tombs for such people often being ‘similar
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International Head of Antiquities G. Max Bernheimer surveys some magnificent Greek vases. For a civilisation that disappeared 2,000 years ago, the ancient Greeks left a great deal behind: philosophy, democracy, poetry, architecture, and an extensive corpus of vases, which comprise a large part of the archaeological record. Their enduring popularity is reflected in the breadth
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Authenticating Chinese Imperial Northern Song Dynasty Ru Ware.Chinese Imperial Song Dynasty Ru Wares are the most Important, Collectable and Valuable ceramics China has ever produce at These wares were the first wares to be commissioned by the Emperor to be used exclusively by Himself and his Court in China's history.
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