This title on oriental antiques and art contains their historical backgrounds, current values and detailed descriptions for treasures ranging from apparel and textiles, jewellery, rugs and carpets, Chinese porcelain and pottery, to furniture, paintings and Japanese porcelain and pottery.
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About the Author
Mark F. Moran is an antiques dealer and author specializing in vintage folk art, Americana, prints, and paintings. In addition to compiling reference books on antique American and European furniture, metalwares, clocks, and sterling silver flatware, he has written for numerous national antiques magazines covering shows and auctions. Mark is also author of Warman's Sterling Silver Flatware: Value & Identification Guide and Warman's Tobacco Collectibles and contributing editor to Antique Trader? Clocks Price Guide and Antique Trader? Metalwares Price Guide. He resides in Rochester, Minnesota.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
lots there, but few color pics, some identification guides needed,
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This review is from: Antique Trader Oriental Antiques & Art: An Identification and Price Guide (Paperback)
Lots of example values of pieces. Few have pictures, and even fewer have color pics. The listings are organized by category, but beyond that the details are buried in text and could have been better-separated. (I.e. having date and location of manufacture called out would be helpful.)
I have a particular example--Chinese cloisonne pieces of particular ages have hand-written "China" on the bottom, while others have stamped "China" instead. This book does not clarify which mark identifies which era. This sort of thing definitely could use digitization. I would *love* to be able to search the entire text with keywords. I am a collector of Chinese pieces with bats. These pieces range from cloisonne to porcelains. I do appreciate identification guides for "signatures" and makers marks. I would have appreciated a guide to identifying fakes, as many of these items are faked on a regular basis.
4.0 out of 5 stars
very informative but lack of colored photos,
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This review is from: Antique Trader Oriental Antiques & Art: An Identification and Price Guide (Paperback)
It is a comprehensive guide to Asian antiques. The only drawback is that
there is no colored pictures. The book is divided into many organized chapters and make it easy to use as reference materials.
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Early Chinese apparel was characterized by upturned slippers, flowing robes, full sleeves, unshaped shoulders, and a center front opening. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fine original condition, brilliant gold lacquer, lotus meander, modified pear shape, gold hiramakie, fitted wood stand, mei ping form, nashiji interiors, fanciful dog, stoneware foot, yellowish lacquer, bead ojime, glaze stopping, lappet border, six cake plates, lappet band, gold takamakie, manju netsuke, floral spandrels, silver hiramakie, glaze thinning, black lacquer ground, celluloid showing, trumpet neck, overlay carved Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ming Dynasty, Ch'ien Lung, K'ang Hsi, New York City, Han Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Christie's East, Kuan Yin, Yung Cheng, Eight Immortals, Tao Kuang, Ch'ing Dynasty, Kuang Hsü, Makuzu Kozan, Wang Hsi, Ch'eng Hua, Gansu Yangshao Culture, Northwest China, Shou Lao, Yüan Dynasty, Chia Ch'ing, Chien Lung, Seven Gods of Good Luck, Three Friends, Occupied Japan New!
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Early Chinese apparel was characterized by upturned slippers, flowing robes, full sleeves, unshaped shoulders, and a center front opening. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fine original condition, brilliant gold lacquer, lotus meander, modified pear shape, gold hiramakie, fitted wood stand, mei ping form, nashiji interiors, fanciful dog, stoneware foot, yellowish lacquer, bead ojime, glaze stopping, lappet border, six cake plates, lappet band, gold takamakie, manju netsuke, floral spandrels, silver hiramakie, glaze thinning, black lacquer ground, celluloid showing, trumpet neck, overlay carved Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ming Dynasty, Ch'ien Lung, K'ang Hsi, New York City, Han Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Christie's East, Kuan Yin, Yung Cheng, Eight Immortals, Tao Kuang, Ch'ing Dynasty, Kuang Hsü, Makuzu Kozan, Wang Hsi, Ch'eng Hua, Gansu Yangshao Culture, Northwest China, Shou Lao, Yüan Dynasty, Chia Ch'ing, Chien Lung, Seven Gods of Good Luck, Three Friends, Occupied Japan New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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