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Types of Chinese Art: A Guide to Valuing & Collecting Chinese Art

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The destruction of many historic artifacts in the 1960s and 1970s paired with the overall delicacy of the materials means that well-preserved, authentic Chinese antiques are increasingly difficult to find. Poetic script can be found on everything from paper and canvas to porcelain and ceramic pottery.

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Evaluating Your Collection

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Matchbox cars, Star Wars figurines, flow blue ceramics, etc, etc. The proper identification of materials sometimes requires testing, which may require the assistance of an expert. Rather, color can be an important indicator of age or authenticity. Or maybe you've been collecting for years. 18th century maps? Good question.

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American Folk Art: Celebrating the Creativity and Craftsmanship of Everyday Artisans 

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The vast American folk art tradition offers authentic, innovative, and captivating creations whose reach spans generations and modes of creative expression. Elaborate cedar or maple carvings, for example, or ceramic vessels underscore the trend in the field to focus on media that allow the expertise of the maker’s hand to shine.

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American Folk Art: Celebrating the Creativity and Craftsmanship of Everyday Artisans 

Invaluable

The vast American folk art tradition offers authentic, innovative, and captivating creations whose reach spans generations and modes of creative expression. Elaborate cedar or maple carvings, for example, or ceramic vessels underscore the trend in the field to focus on media that allow the expertise of the maker’s hand to shine.

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Royal Worcester Porcelain: Elegance and Excellence in Ceramics

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So-called as it borrowed heavily from the blue-and-white Asian export porcelain, this early line set the company on course for continued ceramic success. For example, signs of crackle glazing or overpainting are red flags that a piece is not authentic, as are sloppily applied back-stamped maker’s marks.