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.
This is a great article which gives a unique overview of the last 70 years of Hollywood Road’s rise and fall. Anyone who has worked in the Hong Kong antiques trade, or purchased items on Hollywood road will recognize many of these names and locations. And of course Robert Ellsworth has written many acclaimed books on Chinese antiques and also needs no introduction.
In 1949 as the communist took over mainland China, antiques began flooding into Hong Kong’s Hollywood Road antiques street. This was the 2nd time time, when the flow of antiques pouring out of China would spike.
Read about the fascinating history behind Hong Kong’s Hollywood road, the famous “antique street,” from its origins in 1844 as the 2nd road to be built in Hong Kong all the way to its fall in modern times.
China’s forged antiques market is booming as the country’s burgeoning mega-rich unknowingly buy them up. Can YOU spot the fake antique?
A Chinese museum has been forced to close after claims that its 40,000-strong collection of supposedly ancient relics was almost entirely composed of fakes.
Its always interesting to see the progression from idea to reality. When people come to me with raw ideas, my task is to walk them
We all love antiques, but I must admit, I see so many of them (obviously much more the average Joe). So once in a while,
A fascinating look at the consequence of the Chinese Cultural Revolution through the lens of its effect on Chinese antiques; from the destruction that followed to the clues that still remain today.
