Charles Hanson celebrates Chinese antique treasures
Auctioneer and TV regular Charles Hanson of Hansons Auctioneers turns detective to discover long-forgotten Chinese treasures languishing in Brits’s homes
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Guide to Ceramics
Waistel Cooper celebrated in exhibitions
Last year marked the centenary of British potter Waistel Cooper’s birth in Ayr on the west coast of Scotland and The
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Tang Dynasty horses – the essential guide
Valued for their strength and endurance, horses symbolised power and status in ancient China and were even believed to transport souls to the next
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Satsuma ware – a guide to collecting
Collecting Satsuma ware Now is a great time to start collecting Japanese export Satsuma ware, with genuine Meiji-Period (1868-1912) pieces available for less
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Spode – A Collecting Guide
Spode – the inventor of transfer ware – celebrates its 250th anniversary this year with the popularity of ‘granny’ ware receiving a surprising
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Bernard Leach – a quick guide to his ceramics
On the centenary of the influential Leach Pottery formed in St Ives in 1920, Antique Collecting highlights the ceramics of its founders Bernard Leach and
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Fornasetti – A Quick Guide
Piero Fornasetti Piero Fornasetti (born in Milan, November 10, 1913 – October 15, 1988) was an Italian wide-ranging and eclectic designer, known for his
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Dame Lucie Rie – A quick guide to her career
Dame Lucie Rie, DBE (March 16, 1902 – April 1, 1995) was an Austrian-born British studio potter whose works usually consist of hand-thrown pots, bottles, vases
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Jean Lurçat ceramics are in demand
With Picasso ceramics soaring out of the price range of most collectors, work by his contemporary Jean Lurçat is eminently
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The 20th-century studio pottery you need to collect
If you thought British studio from the 20th century begins and ends with leading lights Lucie Rie and Hans Coper, demand for other names shows collectors are extending their reach
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