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This Board has been created to continue the tradition of scholarly generosity set by many good students of Asian ceramic art and history around the world. To me, my direct inspiration came 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". This being a bit discouraging, in 1998 I set out to create Gotheborg.com as a meeting place where collectors and specialists alike could combine information and our various experiences into one big knowledge resource, so that we hopefully could 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.
21 5 08-17-10  09:09 am Lester Devere
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.
8587 837 09-02-10  04:34 pm Karl Emil
Local Meetings
Invitations to and reports from local chapter meetings
644 48 08-24-10  07:01 am Susan Wehmeier
Exhibitions and Museum Collections
Visits at public exhibitions, for easy reference. Plese feel free to add your pictures here
1029 102 09-02-10  09:17 am Susan Maloney
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
5328 203 08-26-10  10:29 am dimitri poliakoff
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.
8170 679 09-02-10  09:02 am Scott Loar
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.
5178 417 09-02-10  04:32 pm Ho Mei Wan Nollway
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
6709 565 08-24-10  01:15 pm Julian Chen
White wares
White round wares from Tang dynasty, Ding yao, Qingbai/Yingqing, white Jingdezhen porcelain from Ming, Qing and later, Fujian province, etc.

6129 438 08-30-10  03:52 pm Ambrose Nathan
Crackled wares
Song guan or ge or later imitations thereof
946 92 08-27-10  07:30 pm Jan-Erik Nilsson
Brown and Black wares
Temmoku / Jian ware, Huangpu, Lushan, Cizhou and Jizhou.
4260 331 07-31-10  05:23 pm Birgit Steinbach
Jun
Jun family type of wares
1137 79 09-02-10  03:06 pm Ho Mei Wan Nollway
Yixing (Buccaro) 537 57 08-30-10  08:07 am khchan_asia1
Yuan porcelain 934 42 07-19-10  05:49 pm Edmund Grundner
Ming Porcelain
Yuan and Ming porcelain, underglaze red, blue and white, polychrome, Swatow" and Fujian.
7077 451 08-28-10  08:12 am Mikael Lavén
'Kraak' style decoration 864 57 08-26-10  02:50 am Julian Chen
Chinese Imperial Porcelain
Discussions related to Imperial porcelain as such, ordering, decoration, marks, use etc.
1236 58 09-01-10  03:10 pm Julian Chen
Qing Blue and White
Qing underglaze red, blue and white. Jingdezhen plus Fujian and other provincial blue and white.
11846 890 08-31-10  09:33 am Tommy Eklöf
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.
6689 484 09-01-10  02:40 am Julian Chen
Chinese Export Porcelain
Special designs, Armorial porcelain, all pieces with shapes and decorations made to order or to fit foreign taste and customs.
5789 550 08-23-10  07:23 pm dimitri poliakoff
"Clobbered" porcelain
Chinese export porcelain with later enamel decoration added.
586 51 08-10-10  01:15 pm wayte gillian ruth
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.
12414 1131 08-31-10  03:48 am khchan_asia1
Porcelain plaques 315 25 09-02-10  12:11 pm Scott Loar
Dated porcelain
Porcelain dated to a specific year by their inscriptions.
1539 128 08-27-10  05:21 pm Simon Ng
Cultural revolution
1965-75 Chinese porcelain and related areas, also 'Macao' porcelain
325 35 04-24-10  10:07 am Ho Mei Wan Nollway
Bleu de Hue
Chinese porcelain for the Vietnamese market
134 13 05-20-10  10:41 pm dimitri poliakoff
Porcelain Figures
White figures from Dehua Blanc-de-Chine types and Jingdezhen white wares, other figures, monochrome or with enamel decorations.
1069 137 08-25-10  09:58 am Tommy Eklöf
Monochromes
Colored glazes such as Ox-blood, peach bloom, powder blue, tea dust, yellow, green, mirror black, Faux bronze, faux wood, etc.
4859 362 09-01-10  10:36 pm Anna Fraley
Carved, incised, cast or moulded wares
Chen Guozhi, Wang Bingrong, Li Yucheng and similar wares and artists.
48 8 09-02-10  02:07 am james randolph hilla
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.
3088 403 09-01-10  08:40 pm David Lane
Chinese Porcelain Motifs
On particular stories and their illustrations 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.
2241 121 08-02-10  10:58 pm Tommy Eklöf
Contemporary Chinese Porcelain & Ceramic Art
Works currently produced by recognized individual artist.
337 52 05-07-10  09:59 pm Soe Lwin
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.
3897 428 08-24-10  01:06 pm Tommy Eklöf
Japanese Section 'Off Topic'
Friendly thoughts and chit-chat that doesn't fit anywhere else
337 53 08-31-10  01:29 am John Wocher
ARITA
Japanese Early 'Imari' Decoration
Polychrome Arita porcelain 18th century or earlier
1442 127 09-02-10  09:42 am Jim Horne
Japanese Late 'Imari' Decoration
Polychrome Arita porcelain 19th century or later
3170 351 09-01-10  07:12 pm Timothy Roberts
Kakiemon
Kakiemon and Kakiemon style enamel decoration
408 35 07-23-10  05:23 pm Victor Judge
Early Blue and White Arita Porcelain
18th century or earlier, until further also Shoki Imari
438 43 05-01-10  05:08 pm Hans Slager
Late Blue and White Arita Porcelain
19th century and later
1264 144 08-06-10  02:59 am David Wood
KUTANI
Kutani
For more information on Kutani, kindly also refer to Georges Bouvier's Kutani Collector’s web-site.
3466 432 08-28-10  12:47 am John Wocher
SATSUMA
Satsuma and Satsuma-Like
Original Satsuma earthenware but also 'Satsuma marked' items and 'Satsuma looking' pices
4425 517 08-30-10  11:16 pm Janet Stulb
Japanese Special Topics
Nabeshima
Nabeshima and 'Nabeshima style'
238 23 05-17-10  04:05 pm Timothy Roberts
Hirado 368 48 08-13-10  09:12 pm keith jennings
Seto 347 41 12-10-09  12:18 am David Wood
Japanese Figures
Human and animal figures could all be posted here regardless of kiln type or area.
416 60 06-10-10  03:53 pm Susan Hunnicutt
Japanese 20th century polychrome porcelain
Koransha/Fukagawa, 'Made in Japan' and 'Japan' marks, etc.
1112 181 04-15-10  05:47 pm Timothy Roberts
Dragonware and Moriage 103 18 02-19-10  01:14 pm jean matovu
'Nippon'
Pre 1922 'Nippon' marked porcelain, Geisha Girl etc.
181 31 07-09-10  04:35 pm Pat Summers
Japanese Transfer ware
Blue and white Japanese porcelain with stencilled, transfer printed or otherwise print supported decoration
295 40 04-20-10  05:11 am John Wocher
Japanese Porcelain Marks and Motifs
Before posting any questions here kindly first browse the gotheborg.com 'Japanese Marks' section.
2039 325 08-18-10  01:35 am Anna Fraley
Japanese Studio Pottery and Contemporary Porcelain 579 87 07-26-10  09:50 pm Garrett McCormack
Other Japanese Pottery and Stoneware
Sumida, Banko, Hagi, Mashiko, etc.
574 97 07-22-10  04:41 pm Jim Horne
Other pottery and porcelain questions
Mystery Pieces 1605 164 08-30-10  11:25 pm Michael Kwan
Price Records and Exceptional Tales
Welcome to post any and all information on spectacular price records and antiques trade lore from today and days gone by.
187 36 08-18-10  04:11 pm Julian Chen
Known methods of faking
Method and technology in making pottery and porcelain fakes
598 59 06-16-10  02:25 am Moyra Logan
Discussions on 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 category 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.
541 31 07-29-10  10:51 am Susan Maloney
Kilns, Clays, Glazes and Decorations
Cross topic question that does not belong under any particular ware
1346 91 07-16-10  11:42 am J. Chen
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.
222 61 04-18-10  11:30 pm George T. Huddleston
Asia outside China and Japan
Korea, Vietnam/Annam, Khmer, Thai (Si Satchanalai/Sawankaloke, Sukhothai) etc.
924 108 08-18-10  05:37 am Anna Fraley
Western wares with Oriental design
Edmée Samson of Paris, Delft, Bristol, Bow, Derby, Staffordshire, Caughley, etc. to Bernard Leach
664 77 08-28-10  04:26 pm Hans Slager
Wares from the Middle east/Asia minor 106 15 05-11-09  08:42 pm Larry Stewart
Shards and archaeology
For help on unspecified shard finds
269 41 03-11-10  09:20 pm Hans Slager
Gold, Silver, Metal, Cloisonné, Lacquer, Ivory, Wood, Glass, Jade, Textiles and Paintings, etc.
Snuff Bottles 658 76 09-01-10  03:46 am Steve Gorth
Textiles, Rugs, Prints, Silk, Paper, Paintings and Calligraphy
Textile art as in clothes, Chinese and Tibetan rugs but also anything related to silk and paper as in calligraphy and paintings
2442 275 08-27-10  01:43 pm Jim Horne
Wood, Glass, Ivory, Bone and Jade
Most any non-ceramic pieces that does not fit anywhere else.
3482 379 09-02-10  01:42 am James R. Loepp
Lacquer
Chinese and Japanese lacquer, Lac Burgauté, cinnabar or lacquer related items that seems to fit here.
621 85 09-02-10  04:04 pm dimitri poliakoff
Chinese Gold, Silver, Bronze, Cloisonné and "Canton enamels"
All Chinese or Tibetan gold, silver or metal pieces with or without enamels and those not identified
2780 348 09-02-10  11:31 am Birgit Steinbach
Japanese Metal wares and Cloisonné
Japanese metal wares inclusive of swords, armor and dress parts, coper, brass, iron, silver and gold, with and without enamels. Also Totai Shippo Cloisonné enamels, in which a ceramic, earthenware or porcelain body is utilized
1195 137 08-25-10  04:34 pm dimitri poliakoff
General Help and Suggestions
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.
942 92 08-21-10  05:39 am Timothy Roberts
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
968 257 08-31-10  03:37 am David Lane
Camera and Photo Suggestions
Discussions on camera, light and studio equipment and, how to take and post pictures
157 8 08-23-10  12:34 am Joerg Arend
Link suggestions
Valuable references on the Internet, to be included in the permanent LINKs file.
212 87 07-14-10  03:58 pm Edward Boyle
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.
642 73 07-15-10  07:41 am Ngiam Thong Yok
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