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CHINESE EXPORT SILVER & THE ENLIGHTENED RENAISSANCE 中國出口銀器: 被啟蒙的文藝復興
CHINESE EXPORT SILVER AND THE ENLIGHTENED RENAISSANCE 中國出口銀器: 被啟蒙的文藝復興 Chinese Export Silver always adapted to the realities of Chinese history; it was, after all, a product of that history,as such,...
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THE INFLUENCE OF THE TRIADS ON THE DECORATIVE ARTS IN CHINA 三合會對中國和香港的裝飾藝術之影響
THE INFLUENCE OF THE TRIADS ON THE DECORATIVE ARTS IN CHINA 三合會對中國和香港的裝飾藝術之影響 Style, the demand for style and the supply of style is an extremely fine-tuned, complex equation that only requires a...
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SOUTH EAST ASIAN SILVER STARS
Auction houses are ideal platforms for judging buying trends which by default would also include prevailing values. In a recent sale at Dreweatts in the UK, 39 Chinese Export Silver delivered some...
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THE ABSENCE OF AN ASSAY SYSTEM 金银检验系统的缺失 HOW CHINA, A SILVER-OBSESSED...
A nation with a 1400 year history of silver making and an economy that was obsessed with being silver-based until well into the 20th century, it is strange to learn that it could exist without any...
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THE CALIFORNIA GOLD-RUSH EFFECT ON CHINESE SILVER AND HONG KONG 加州淘金热对中国银器和香港的影响
THE CALIFORNIA GOLD-RUSH EFFECT ON CHINESE SILVER AND HONG KONG 加州淘金热对中国银器和香港的影响 by Adrien von...
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加州淘金热对中国银器和香港的影响 by Adrien von Ferscht 皇甫安 Translated by Chao Huang 黄超
THE CALIFORNIA GOLD-RUSH EFFECT ON CHINESE SILVER AND HONG KONG 加州淘金热对中国银器和香港的影响 by Adrien von Ferscht 皇甫安 Translated by Chao Huang 黄超...
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CHINESE SILVER-MAKING HAS JEWISH ROOTS!
CHINESE SILVER-MAKING HAS JEWISH ROOTS Ongoing research at the Chinese Silver Research Centre [CSRI] at Tsinghua University, Beijing is furthering its focus on the Jewish merchants and actual...
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Sino-Victoriana 中国-维多利亚时期
Sino-Victoriana 中国-维多利亚时期 From the mid 19th century, Chinese Export Silver spawned a decorative style that encapsulated the exuberance of a combination of two cultures, the very era itself and the...
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God Help eBay et al 天助eBay诸君
Nobody can dispute that the awareness of Chinese Export Silver has grown exponentially in the past five years; there’s also far more of it appearing in auction house sales – but is the understanding...
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假消息 Fake news? Western auction houses and e-commerce sites seem worryingly...
Few categories of antiques are immune to fakery; copies that manifest in varying degrees of passable authenticity, or at least at first glance. Fakes, replicas, copies – whatever one wishes to call...
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Chinese Filigree Silver Fit for a Queen 为女王量身定做的中国花丝镶嵌银器
There is no set like it; nothing that even comes faintly near it. It is an extensive 47-piece suite of Chinese tea wares made entirely of filigree silver-gilt overlay, most pieces having a solid...
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DEFINITELY NOT A BAT OUT OF HELL! 西蝠非福，中蝠亦福
DEFINITELY NOT A BAT OUT OF HELL! 西蝠非福，中蝠亦福 The auspicious attachment to the bat in China highlights how different two cultures can be. In the West, the bat has almost always had sinister...
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Qing Dynasty Silver Meets the Ancient Art of Penjing 清代銀器遇上古代盆景藝術
Bonsai [kanji 盆栽] has become known across the Western world as well as much of Asia, yet as an English noun it has only existed as a dictionary word since 1950 describing, in the main, the rather...
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CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: THE Yokohama Conundrum! 中國外銷銀器：橫濱難題
All world silver categories have their own peculiar, often unexplainable, anomalies; Qing Dynasty Silver [aka Chinese Export Silver] is not an exception. In the latter half of the 20th century,...
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Rare Qing Dynasty Mixed-Metals Confections 稀珍清代混合金屬組合的聯繫
Decorative items made of mixed metals by Chinese artisans who were otherwise known for their work in silver and gold existed throughout the many centuries of China’s silver-making history, but they...
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CHINESE EXPORT SILVER:
The Big Leap Forward READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE: http://chinese-export-silver.com.gridhosted.co.uk/cDVN2 The post CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: appeared first on chinese export silver.
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THE WORLD OF CHINESE SILVER MINIATURES
In the past year there has been a noticeable increase in interest in Chinese silver miniature items from both the late Qing dynasty and the Republic era. Quite coincidentally this has been a period...
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CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: “Sailing into the tiger’s mouth”
The SHING WO [SHENG HE] 和勝 artisan silver workshop in Canton was probably the most masterful in creating detailed miniature items of silver; a much-overlooked area of late Qing and Republic era...
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CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: Hong Kong Nostalgia
The Hong Kong retail silversmith WAI KEE 惠記 [in Mandarin: HUI JI] is one of the few retailers that truly spans three centuries; founded in 1885, the firm is still operating in almost the same location...
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CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: Cicada Season!
CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: Cicada Season! With billions of cicadas about to plague America, to the Chinese they have traditionally been a symbol of immortality and longevity. Chinese gentry once decorated...
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