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This Board has been created to continue the tradition of scholarly generosity set by many good academians around the world. In my case the inspirations came mostly from my friend and mentor, the late Professor and Curator of Asian Art, Bo Gyllensvärd. More then once he half jokingly said that "it takes fifty years to become fairly knowledgeable in Asian ceramics". The purpose with this Discussion Board is to create a meeting place for collectors and specialists alike, where we can combine and share our knowledge into one big resource, and thus maybe hope to shorten this time a bit.

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Hall of Supreme Harmony
Board Rules and Policies - Please Read Before Posting
This is important information on board rules and policies. As a new member, read this before you post anything. It is about the purpose of this site, its limitations and how we all co-operate to make this rare site work.
0 1 09-11-03  10:30 am Jan-Erik Nilsson
How to Post Questions and Participate in the Discussions
FAQ on practical issues and how to get the most out of this huge knowledge center.
See also the " Help/Instructions" link at the bottom of all pages.
30 5 06-12-09  04:48 am Teresa Riave
The Sportsman's Bar
Off Topic Trade News and Friendly Chit-chat [90 days archive]
News and friendly chit-chat that doesn't fit anywhere else. Threads not added to for more than 90 days will be deleted automatically.
7356 732 07-02-09  10:29 pm Malcolm Saul
Local Meetings
Invitations to and reports from local chapter meetings
491 33 05-19-09  11:25 pm Theodore Nguyen
Exhibitions and Museum Collections
Visits at public exhibitions, for easy reference. Plese feel free to add your pictures here
637 69 06-14-09  09:36 pm Timothy Roberts
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Greetings
Post your greetings here and save big time on stamps
43 1 01-01-09  06:54 am Walter Susor
Chinese Pottery and Porcelain

To find information in the topics below, the best way is usually to use the board SEARCH function

Simons Quest
Put your fellow members on an educational trial
4405 166 05-15-09  10:52 pm Giovanni Repetti
Chinese Pottery and Porcelain - Help Needed
Last resort posting area. Your question might not be seen by the right group of collectors if you post here rather than under the correct topic. Your question will eventually be moved to where it belong, if so, use the *Search* link (top right) to find it again.
6830 542 07-03-09  11:19 pm Christopher Whittell
Early Pottery
Neolithic and later earthenware, "proto-porcelain" jars and figures, Zhou, Warring States and Han, Sui, Tang, Ming and Qing figures and architechtural pieces, Changsha wares.
3841 322 07-03-09  02:59 pm Michael Kwan
Green wares
Yue yao, Zhejiang Celadon, Northern and the numerous Southern Song kilns, Thai, Korean and Japanese ceramics and any related Asian ceramics with mostly green/gray/brown monochrome glaze
5661 486 07-03-09  12:39 pm doni sebastian
White wares
White round wares from Tang dynasty, Ding yao, Qingbai/Yingqing, white Jingdezhen porcelain from Ming, Qing and later, Fujian province, etc.

4889 359 07-01-09  07:00 am Roberto Gardellin
Crackled wares
Song guan or ge or later imitations thereof
758 69 06-04-09  05:45 am jordan tietolman
Brown and Black wares
Temmoku / Jian ware, Huangpu, Lushan, Cizhou and Jizhou.
3446 284 06-30-09  05:25 pm Roberto Gardellin
Jun
Jun family type of wares
934 66 06-25-09  10:37 pm Laurie Petrie Rogers
Yixing (Buccaro) 408 43 07-02-09  12:14 am Michael Kwan
Yuan porcelain 849 39 06-17-09  08:38 am Edmund Grundner
Ming Porcelain
Yuan and Ming porcelain, underglaze red, blue and white, polychrome, Swatow" and Fujian.
6031 372 07-03-09  02:07 pm Pahrul Asapil
'Kraak' style decoration 628 40 05-21-09  08:17 pm Timothy Roberts
Chinese Imperial Porcelain
Discussions related to Imperial porcelain as such, ordering, decoration, marks, use etc.
1048 53 06-28-09  10:01 pm James W Tingle
Qing Blue and White
Qing underglaze red, blue and white. Jingdezhen plus Fujian and other provincial blue and white.
10576 796 07-03-09  07:52 am Arno Jacobs
Qing 'Chinese taste' polychromes
Early to mid Qing dynasty polychrome wares, such as famille verte, famille rose, jaune and noire, doucai, susancai which are not of export type, nor Imperial.
5580 405 06-28-09  05:37 pm Tommy Eklöf
Chinese Export Porcelain
Special designs, Armorial porcelain, all pieces with shapes and decorations made to order or to fit foreign taste and customs.
5157 486 07-03-09  03:23 pm Michael Kwan
"Clobbered" porcelain
Chinese export porcelain with later enamel decoration added.
565 49 05-28-09  08:28 am Arno Jacobs
Late Qing and 20th century
19th and 20th century - Guangxu, Early Republic, Straits Chinese Porcelain, fencai, the Eight Friends of Zhushan, Jiangxi Porcelain Co., Mao Zedong, etc.
11246 1005 07-03-09  03:10 pm Michael Kwan
Dated porcelain
Porcelain dated to a specific year by their inscriptions.
1003 95 06-08-09  02:36 pm Arno Jacobs
Cultural revolution
1965-75 Chinese porcelain and related areas, also 'Macao' porcelain
303 33 01-06-09  03:59 am Ngiam Thong Yok
Bleu de Hue
Chinese porcelain for the Vietnamese market
113 11 11-18-08  12:25 pm dimitri poliakoff
Porcelain Figures
White figures from Dehua Blanc-de-Chine and Jingdezhen, other monochrome figures and figures with enamel decoration.
948 118 06-06-09  09:41 pm Karl Emil
Monochromes
Colored glazes such as Ox-blood, peach bloom, powder blue, tea dust, yellow, green, mirror black, Faux bronze, faux wood, etc.
4199 320 06-21-09  10:05 am paul joseph dease
Carved, incised, cast or moulded wares
Chen Guozhi, Wang Bingrong, Li Yucheng and similar
42 6 05-03-09  08:25 pm Henkemans
Chinese Porcelain Marks
Before posting any questions here kindly first browse the gotheborg.com "Marks" section. Additions and corrections for that section could be added here.
2947 383 06-16-09  08:34 am Mike Harty
Chinese Porcelain Motifs
On particular stories and their illutrations that appear on porcelain, with documentation and pictures of variations that appear on porcelain from different periods. Topics on particular motifs, such as dragon depictions/variations.
2003 102 06-13-09  06:25 pm tony fjäll
Contemporary Chinese Porcelain & Ceramic Art
Works currently produced by recognized individual artist.
236 37 02-23-09  12:26 am Mike Harty
Japanese Pottery and Porcelain
Help Needed - Is this Japanese?
Last resort posting area. Your question might not be seen by the right group of collectors if you post here rather than under the correct topic. Your question will eventually be moved to where it belong, if so, use the *Search* link (top right) to find it again.
3166 343 06-28-09  08:39 am Goh Khun Liang
Japanese Section 'Off Topic'
Friendly thoughts and chit-chat that doesn't fit anywhere else
282 49 06-28-09  04:07 pm lisa duchesnay
ARITA
Japanese Early 'Imari' Decoration
Polychrome Arita porcelain 18th century or earlier
1220 105 07-03-09  10:19 pm Arno Jacobs
Japanese Late 'Imari' Decoration
Polychrome Arita porcelain 19th century or later
2913 317 06-27-09  05:03 pm keith jennings
Kakiemon
Kakiemon and Kakiemon style enamel decoration
365 31 07-03-09  01:08 am I & M Heriot
Early Blue and White Arita Porcelain
18th century or earlier, until further also Shoki Imari
410 37 07-02-09  10:56 pm Malcolm Saul
Late Blue and White Arita Porcelain
19th century and later
1113 127 07-01-09  04:30 am Kirsten Smolensky
KUTANI
Kutani
For more information on Kutani, kindly also refer to Georges Bouvier's Kutani Collector’s web-site.
3156 385 07-03-09  01:05 pm Tommy Eklöf
SATSUMA
Satsuma and Satsuma-Like
Original Satsuma earthenware but also 'Satsuma marked' items and 'Satsuma looking' pices
4115 483 07-03-09  01:31 am I & M Heriot
Japanese Special Topics
Nabeshima
Nabeshima and 'Nabeshima style'
207 20 05-23-09  03:27 am David Wood
Hirado 336 44 06-17-09  07:33 pm Arjan
Seto 318 37 02-14-09  08:29 pm dimitri poliakoff
Japanese Figures
Human and animal figures could all be posted here regardless of kiln type or area.
376 50 05-31-09  10:48 pm dimitri poliakoff
20th century polychrome porcelain
Koransha/Fukagawa, 'Made in Japan' and 'Japan' marks, etc.
1043 173 05-15-09  09:38 am Arjan
Dragonware and Moriage 98 17 11-29-08  05:59 am Mike Vermeer
'Nippon'
Pre 1922 'Nippon' marked porcelain, Geisha Girl etc.
159 27 04-16-08  02:49 am Joan K. Brand-landka
Transfer ware 275 38 03-10-09  09:04 am John Wocher
Japanese Porcelain Marks and Motifs
Before posting any questions here kindly first browse the gotheborg.com 'Japanese Marks' section.
1942 315 12-05-08  06:30 pm keith jennings
Japanese Studio Pottery and Contemporary Porcelain 551 82 05-04-09  10:21 am Roberta Enseki-Hanco
Other Japanese Pottery and Stoneware
Sumida, Banko, Hagi, Mashiko, etc.
502 86 07-03-09  06:57 pm Jim Horne
Other pottery and porcelain questions
Mystery Pieces 1448 153 06-12-09  05:08 am Teresa Riave
List of Price Records for Chinese Porcelain
Welcome to post and add any and all information on spectacular price records, now and through history.
119 28 06-16-09  05:19 am Timothy Roberts
Words of Wisdom
Fun, important, clever and unsolicited Advice to the Beginner Collector and New Members. And some board related issues that might have ended here by mistake.
614 69 05-21-09  11:45 pm lisa duchesnay
Known methods of faking
Method and technology in making pottery and porcelain fakes
461 52 01-06-09  11:39 pm david jarvis
Discussions of Shapes
The shape of a piece is probably the most important clue to the identification of an item with regard to its authenticity and period. This cateorgy is for the discussion on the uniqueness (not just the shape of course) of a particular kind of ware that has been produced throughout a significant period of time in the history of Chinese ceramics like meiping; yuhuchun jar; ginger jar, Gu etc.
484 25 05-05-09  06:23 pm Karl Emil
Kilns, Clays, Glazes and Decorations
Cross topic question that does not belong under any particular ware
1282 87 05-04-09  10:22 am Ho Mei Wan Nollway
Base and foot rim archive
Add foot rims / bases of similar age to the same thread. Start new thread if you want to cover a new type that is not represented.
220 60 12-04-07  04:07 am fran elliott
Asia outside China and Japan
Korea, Vietnam/Annam, Khmer, Thai (Si Satchanalai/Sawankaloke, Sukhothai) etc.
871 100 06-28-09  08:49 pm Ho Mei Wan Nollway
Western wares with Oriental design
Edmée Samson of Paris, Delft, Bristol, Bow, Derby, Staffordshire, Caughley, etc. to Bernard Leach
602 71 04-22-09  10:25 am Tommy Eklöf
Wares from the Middle east/Asia minor 106 15 05-11-09  08:42 pm Larry Stewart
Restoration and conservation
DISCLAIMER: Any handling at all of an antique item may permanently destroy it, as well as all values related to it such as its financial or historical value. Several of the chemicals and processes described here could be extremely harmful and should not be tried by non-professionals. Please be advised that any actual use of the information found here are solely on the individuals own risk and responsibility. By accessing the messages under this topic you are acknowledging that this disclaimer is read and understood.
874 85 05-15-09  08:45 am Peter
Shards and archaeology
For help on unspecified shard finds
261 41 07-25-07  02:07 pm dimitri poliakoff
Non Porcelain Questions
Snuff Bottles 553 62 03-20-09  04:14 am Joan K. Brand-landka
Textiles, Prints, Paintings and Calligraphy 2012 223 07-03-09  11:59 pm Christopher Whittell
Lacquer, Ivory, Wood, Glass and Jade
Any non-ceramic pieces that does not fit anywhere else.
3331 374 07-03-09  12:51 pm Peter
Gold, Silver, Bronze, Cloisonné and "Canton enamels" 3214 412 07-03-09  01:19 am lisa duchesnay
Book suggestions
Titles and recommendations of books and book sellers on Chinese Porcelain - add your favourites here.
A wise collector should buy two books per one item the first ten years. / JE
772 222 06-29-09  04:16 pm David Lane
Camera and Photo Suggestions
Discussions on camera, light and studio equipment and, how to take and post pictures
111 6 10-25-08  05:14 pm Giovanni Repetti
Link suggestions
Valuable references on the Internet, to be included in the permanent LINKs file.
220 85 04-03-09  03:54 am james randolph hilla
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