Category Archives: Guest Contributors

We invite guest bloggers to share their knowledge, experience and stories related to the collecting of Chinese Ornaments.

The life of Chinese Silver Symbolic Locks — a collector’s view

By Susan October 3, 2009

Yi Wang In the March of 1928, when my grandpa was 100 days (yes, days) old, the family held a big celebration party. The whole village came. Hundreds of silver symbolic locks covered a large table. Those were popular gifts at that time. Chinese people treasure silver; because China had been short of silver supply [...]

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CC …Distinguishing Antique Jades

By Susan February 5, 2009

The jade collectors often say that they distinguish antique jades from modern or counterfeit ones by examining a piece in 4 aspects: [ A partial view of the celadon jade mountain carved by the court order of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty c. 1660] Only if everything mentioned BELOW is in order, we will comfortably [...]

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Protected: Guest Post – More on Calder and Torques

By Susan January 21, 2009

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Guest Post – CC …Talks About Jade

By Susan December 16, 2008

We are pleased to have our guest blogger, CC, back again to talk about "What is Jade?" and how the concept has changed from the traditional Chinese to modern era. Hi! It’s CC again. Today, I will begin with a question for you. What is “Jade”? The word comes from an ancient Spanish word “Piedra [...]

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Guest Contributor… CC, From Hong Kong

By Susan December 3, 2008

In my last post, I talked about how important it is to have people to call on to help solve the mysteries that are part of collecting Chinese ornaments. Collectors love to share their knowledge and experiences … so we are inviting guests to contribute posts. We are really thrilled to introduce our first guest [...]

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