Archeological artifacts recovered from 5,000 feet under sea. Will China use these items to claim South China Sea?Chinese authorities have recovered 890 pieces of artifacts from the sea bed, 5000 feet under water. These include copper coins, porcelain a...
15 Jun, 2024, 08.58 PM IST
Rare 15th century porcelain bowl from China turns up at a Connecticut yard auction, sells for $722,000The bowl is one of only seven such bowls known to exist in the world.
18 Mar, 2021, 06.12 PM IST
For the love of artifacts: 18th-century Chinese porcelain vase sells for $4.6 mn at auctionThe cobalt blue and white gourd represents an imperial dragon with five claws in search of the sacred pearl.
09 Mar, 2020, 06.04 PM IST
PM Modi gifts Xi image embossed silk shawl to Chinese premierXi Jinping, in reciprocation, gifted a porcelain memento, which had Modi's image.
12 Oct, 2019, 06.23 PM IST
Clay ground: Ceramic works are finally finding a new audience, market and statusCeramic art has gone from an indigenous craft to a decorative digression to a fine art to the in thing.
07 Oct, 2018, 09.38 AM IST
When Amitabh Bachchan donated to save Zoroastrian cultureThe museum houses portraits, textiles, porcelain, furniture, and manuscripts dating back to 2000 BC, and is likely to open to the public th...
18 Jan, 2017, 12.35 PM IST
China to host key conference on Silk Road ForumChina will host a major conference on the Silk Road initiative to boost international trade and cooperation on infrastructure projects with...
13 Jul, 2015, 05.59 PM IST
Various art forms of Chinese settlers in Southeast AsiaThe Peranakan Chinese are descendants of southern Chinese traders who settled in Southeast Asia and married local women.
06 Feb, 2015, 01.54 PM IST
- Christie's to present the exceptional sale of European furniture
The auction is highlighted by the Egyptian statue Sekhemka and a bronze sculpture by Giambologna illustrated left, which will be on view du...
16 Jun, 2014, 06.32 PM IST
- Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art spring auctions by Christie's fetch over $70 million
The auction exhibited the continued taste for highly decorated porcelains in the Asian market and the desire for well-provenanced pieces.
29 May, 2014, 04.05 PM IST
Sotheby's Hong Kong presents part of Ferdinand M Bertholet Collection from April 16 to May 3The exhibition entitled Gardens of Pleasure: Sex in Ancient China, will feature more than 100 pieces of astounding works of art from the Fe...
15 Apr, 2014, 06.21 PM IST
Sotheby's Hong Kong's Spring 2014 sale series collects $438 mnSotheby's Hong Kong's five-day Spring 2014 sale series has achieved total collections of HK$3.42 bn/US$438 mn, exceeding pre-sale expectati...
14 Apr, 2014, 02.45 PM IST
Sotheby's London sale of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art expected to bring £7.5–11 millionThe auction follows Sotheby’s successful series of sales in Hong Kong and New York, where records were achieved in numerous categories.
08 Nov, 2013, 10.41 PM IST
- KPV Nair: Out of the box art collector
Calcutta-based KPV Nair is a completely out of the box art collector. He has been lapping up the spectrum of Asian artworks for the past fo...
24 Jun, 2013, 08.23 PM IST
- China beats France as world's 3rd largest art auction market
China has overtaken France as the world's third largest art auction market, reporting about $3.16 billion of proceeds last year.
03 Mar, 2008, 07.50 PM IST
- Smuggling fuels worldwide trade in Chinese antiquities
Lucky fat ladies, porcelain pigs, ceramic musicians and giant Buddhas are crammed into Hong Kong's antique boutiques, but some experts, bac...
24 Sep, 2007, 09.10 AM IST
- Qing dynasty bowl sells for record $19.5m
Hong Kong art dealer Robert Chang sold a Qing Dynasty porcelain bowl, the pride of his collection, for a record HK$151.3 million ($19.5 mil...
29 Nov, 2006, 12.36 AM IST