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Articles on Antique Oriental and European ceramics and Works of Art

Anthony Gray: Chinese Reign Marks
Cyril Beecher: Stories On A Plate (Cyril Beecher is an independent researcher and a member of the Oriental Ceramics Society. He is a very well-known collector of 17th century Chinese blue and white porcelain who originally was an environmental scientist. One aspect of collecting that particularly intrigues him is the source material which served as the inspiration for the designs on 17th century blue and white. No doubt this is why he has managed to produce such an intriguing article.)
Ifan Williams: Brief History of Chinese Drawings on Pith Paper
Anthony Gray: A Brief Article On Chinese Kangxi Famille Verte Porcelain
Anthony Gray: Brief Look At Kangxi Blue & White Porcelain
Anthony Gray: Observations On Qing Famille-Rose Porcelain
Robert Mackay: Buddhism-A Brief History
Sig Au: The Eight Daoist Immortals
Sig Au: Chinese Dynasties
Anthony Gray: Amber Tests
Chinese Armorial Porcelain
Lucy Farley: The Use of Copper Red in Chinese Ceramics

Anthony Gray: Antique Japanese Porcelain
Irene Finch: Some of my Favourite Pieces (Irene Finch has a large collection of pieces from 1720-1820, the “lost century”. She has used her knowledge of Japanese ceramics and her collection to draw up categories and begin an analysis of this “Lost Century”, the 100 years between Japan’s two great export periods, and is the author of three books on the subject, “The Lost Century”, “Japanese Shonsui in Evolution” and “Evolution of the Spiral Fuku and Coloured Shonsui in Japan”. Her collection has also been exhibited at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, the National Museums of Scotland and the Museum of East Asian Art in Bath.)
Irene Finch: Konnyaku
Experienced Collector: Antique Japanese Cloisonne
Amanda Bell: Japanese Blue and White Kakiemon