Ancient Tech Tea Bowls By Dr Chiew Seen Kong

 Compiled from Misadventures in Collecting Chinese Antiques

A Fine Revolving Imperial Famille Rose Bowl Depicting Peaches and Bats For Sale

A Fine Revolving Imperial Famille Rose Bowl Depicting Peaches and BatsDiameter - 18 cmYong Zheng mark and period

Price is available upon request. Interested parties can contact May at emperorsantique@gmail.com.

Details of Our Second Exhibition in August

Dear Family, friends and esteemed associates,    

We at Emperors Antique are pleased and excited to announce that we are having our second exhibition! Details are below:

Date: 2^nd August 2014

Time: 8pm – 11pm

Address:  Unit B-3-02 (3rd Floor) Neo Damansara, 

              Jalan PJU 8/1, Damansara Perdana, 

              47820 Petaling Jaya,

              Selangor

Agenda

8 - 8.30pm - Registration

8.30 - 9pm – Talk on Famille Rose Vases

9 - 11pm – FREE evaluation of guests’ items

Please go to http://www.emperorsantique.com/contact-us/ to view the map to our gallery.

We hope to see you there!

Warm Regards

May Naik

Co-owner of Emperors Antique

016 3639037

A Very Fine and Rare Imperial Jadeite Pendant (Qing Dynasty) Being Auctioned Off at Sotheby's Hong Kong

Compiled from Nov-Dec 1987

Zhao Gao - The Eunuch Who Was Highly Regarded By Qin Shihuang, the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty

Some quick facts about this eunuch:

·         Was castrated when young.

·         Shrewd by nature, physically strong and good at interpreting criminal laws.

·         Regarded highly by the first ruler of the Qin dynasty, Qin Shihuang.

·         Became the second tutor of the emperor’s second son, Hu Hai.

·         Executed 12 sons and 10 daughters of Qin Shihuang in the name of the second emperor of Qin.

Compiled from Secrets of The Chinese Palace

A Magnificent Pair of Six-sided Famille Rose Vases Depicting Scenery, Flowers and Birds With Flower Brocades in Background For Sale

A Magnificent Pair of Six-sided Famille Rose Vases Depicting Scenery, Flowers and Birds With Flower Brocades in Background

H - 52.5 cm

Qianlong mark and period

Price is available upon request. Interested parties can contact May at 

emperorsantique@gmail.com

A Blanc De Chine Buddha from the Dehua Kilns

Compiled from Arts of Asia Nov-Dec 1987

Chinese Paintings at Sotheby's Hong Kong in November 1986

Compiled from Arts of Asia March - April 1987

A Magnificent Imperial Famille Rose Porcelain Vase of "Shi" or Foo Dogs With Flowers in Blue Background For Sale

A Magnificent Imperial Famille Rose Porcelain Vase of "Shi" or Foo dogs With Flowers in Blue Background.
H- 57 cm

Yong Zheng mark and period. 

Price is available upon request. Interested parties can contact May at emperorsantique@gmail.com.

Sotheby's and eBay Join to Offer Online Auctions

Compiled from BBC

International art auction house Sotheby's and online marketplace eBay will create a web platform to allow viewers to bid on and buy art.

Sotheby's chief operating officer Bruno Vinciguerra said Sotheby's hoped to reach "the broadest possible audience around the world" with the move.

Sotheby's said the number of lots purchased online increased 36% in 2013.

Online art sales are expected to reach $13bn (£7.6bn) by 2020.

In April, John James Audubon's elephant-folio The Birds of America sold for $3.5m online via a live auction at Sotheby's - a record for the firm.

Jewelry, watches

The venture will start with live auctions streamed from Sotheby's New York headquarters, which will allow "real-time bidding from anywhere around the world".

Sotheby's will offer 18 categories to start, focusing jewelry, watches, prints, wine, photographs and 20th century design - categories the firm says have been particularly appealing to online buyers.

The move comes just ahead of eBay's earnings, which are set to be released on Wednesday, and as more and more start-ups, such as Artsy, Artspace and Paddle8 allow consumers to buy art on the web.

Last year, Amazon announced it would sell works by artists such as Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol on its website.

The two companies declined to give a firm start date for the service.

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-28301139

Chinese Sales at Sotheby's Hong Kong in November 1986

Compiled from Arts of Asia March - April 1987

China’s Ancient Capital, Xian, Rises Again By Sheema Mookherjee

Compiled from BBC

As the capital of China’s Shaanxi Province, Xi’an’s long history was aptly summed up by our English-speaking guide: “If Xi’an is the grandmother of cities, Beijing is a youth and Shanghai is just a baby in the womb.” The first of China’s four great ancient capitals (the other three being Luoyang, Nanjingand Beijing), Xi’an’s hoary past has laid claim to 10 ancient dynasties, the most famous being the Han Dynasty (206BC to 220AD) and the Tang Dynasty (618 to 907AD), during which the city was a booming metropolis as important as Rome.
 However, after the decline of Tang power, China’s capital shifted east to Luoyang in 904, and though Xi’an continued to be the eastern limit of the Silk Route, the city never regained its political and cultural significance. Over the years, it lapsed into a provincial city surrounded by semi-arid farmland, and its ancient monuments, monasteries and pagodas suffered serious destruction during the Cultural Revolution excesses of 1966 to 1976. It was not until 1974, following the chance discovery of the Army of Terracotta Warriors by well-digging farmers, that Xi’an was once again propelled onto the international map. Three decades later, the city has become a major hub for software and service outsourcing, and the local government is pouring funds into the tourism sector. Ancient monuments and museums are being restored, and various replicas of Buddhist and Tang heritage are being constructed to help Chinese tourists rediscover their national heritage. One of those ancient monuments is the Big Wild Goose Pagoda – Xi’an’s most sacred monument – which was built in 652 by the monk Xuanzang, who travelled across India for 18 years and returned with a precious collection of Buddhist sacred texts. In 1966, the Red Guards burnt the pagoda’s scriptures, silk wall hangings and other relics in a bonfire that raged all night. But that destruction has largely been forgotten as tourists flock to the newly renovated pagoda complex, where elaborate halls and temples venerate the Buddha. The only original remnant – the stark, empty shell of the seven-storey pagoda – lights up at night, standing out in the city's skyline. Xi’an is also flaunting the glories of the ancient Tang Dynasty, with a 165-acre Tang Paradise Theme Park that is patronised by flocks of tourist groups. Although every bit of this Tang heritage is recreated, it is aesthetically pleasing, landscaped with ponds and lakes, classical gardens, bridges, palaces and pavilions. Explore the vast area on a golf cart, hopping on and off to see abbreviated operas from the Tang Dynasty days, laser shows on the lake, elaborate man-made waterfalls, as well as murals and statues of historical figures, philosophers and poets.
 A 36km drive northeast takes you to Xi’an’s most famous attraction, theArmy of Terracotta Warriors. They were commissioned in 221BC by the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huangdi, who used the forced labour of 700,000 subjects to create a mausoleum guarded by an entire army. Modern visitors can see a small fraction of this underground army (1,900 of an estimated 7,000 warriors), which has been excavated and displayed in three hanger-like halls set amid landscaped lawns. The actual tomb itself has yet to be excavated, but scientists are exploring its contents using remote sensing technology and believe it is crammed with even greater treasures awaiting discovery, including clay figurines of workers, animals, bronze chariots and other items he would have needed in his afterlife. Heading back to Xi’an, past peach and pomegranate orchards, the landscape becomes dominated by concrete skyscrapers as the city approaches. Incongruously, the ancient City Wall wraps itself seamlessly around the metropolis, one of the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world. Started during the Tang Dynasty and later expanded by Zhu Yuanzhang, the first Emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644), the stone wall extends more than 13.7km and is the most complete city fortification to have survived in China. Constant restoration work keeps it in good shape, and it can be approached through several gates, although the South Gate is the largest and most accessible. Climb up the flight of high stone steps and walk or cycle along the wall, taking in sweeping views of the both ancient and modern city. 

http://www.bbc.com/travel/feature/20131025-chinas-ancient-capital-rises-again 

A Magnificent Imperial Famille Rose Lamp With the Eight Immortals For Sale

  A Magnificent Imperial Famille Rose Lamp With the Eight Immortals 

H - 36 cm

Yong Zheng mark and period

Price is available upon request. Interested parties can contact May at emperorsantique@gmail.com

Zisha - The Taste of Tea

Compiled from Chinese Ceramics

Empire of the Dragons - Yuan Dynasty (Mongolian Rule)

Compiled from Empire of the Dragons

A Fine Imperial Famille Rose Vase With 4 Faceted Sides, Depicting Deer and People For Sale

A Fine Imperial Famille Rose Vase With 4 Faceted Sides, Depicting Deer and People

H: 25 cm 

Yong Zheng mark and period 

Price is available upon request. Please contact May at emperorsantique@gmail.com for further inquiries.