A Brief History of Chinese Furniture: Identifying different the six main types of Chinese antique furniture part 2: Cantonese Style (Qing style) (Rosewood) (hardwood)
Author: Roger Schwendeman
How to identify Antique Chinese Furniture using the 6 main schools. Part 1: Suzhou style.
Identifying the style of Chinese furniture can be tricky for the uninitiated but here we make it simple, starting with the first of six main schools: Suzhou Style
Video: The roots of Hong Kong’s antiques trade and collections
A nod to the Chinese New Year month and the roots of Hong Kong’s antique trade, this talk takes a look at the strength and resilience of Chinese antique trade and collecting in the city. This talk will cover the perseverance and revitalisation of this trade in contemporary times, the current social climate, the ongoing global pandemic and more.
Chinese Furniture styles as depicted in early historical Chinese paintings
A collection of pre-Ming dynasty Chinese furniture styles as depicted in scroll paintings.
Marcus Flacks Scholars objects & Studio scenes: Ancient Chinese scholars and their wooden objects
What did a Chinese scholar’s studio look like hundreds of years ago? Collector, writer and curator Marcus Flacks offers a comprehensive insight into five different scholar’s studios in his latest art book Custodians of the Scholar’s Way: Chinese Scholars’ Objects in Precious Woods, which has just been translated and published for English and Chinese readers.
Video: The Making of Longquan Celadon
The making of celadon is not only a skill but also an art. Superior celadon is reputed to be as beautiful as jade. Famous worldwide, Longquan celadon was not only used for every dynasty’s royal courts in ancient China, but has been exported to many other countries and regions of Asia, Africa and Europe since the early Song Dynasty.