At a Chinese Tea Exhibition

To some antique porcelain collectors, there may not be so much of fun but for me it was during the second week of December of 2014 that a tea exhibition organizer has invited a few collectors from overseas to authenticate porcelain items. I was there to hear the talk and to add their knowledge to my experiences. The talk is in Cantonese and the first day was the talk on Ming dynasty Cheng hua period. The second day was the Ming dynasty Yong Lo and Hsuan Te period (old spelling of emperors’ names found in books).

On the first day of the talk there was nothing very interesting because not many exhibits was shown but on the second day exhibits shown was a blue and white stem bowl drawn with dragon which I forgot whether is one dragon or two and another is a blue and white bowl with lotus pond in the bowl and gold flowers on the wall of the bowl and at the base there is a gold flower pattern like.

 I asked the experts on the iron rust spots because the blue and white bowl has iron rust spot and I was told that now a days these iron spots can be made and the difference between the new and old which is what I needed to know. Later I was taken to see the stem bowl and I was told to use a magnifier on it to see the difference for myself which make me to understand more in authentication before I retire from this field and provide the knowledge and what I had understood to my children. This is the fun I had.

There are four visitors 1) Visitor from Australia searching for ”Peranakan blackwood price”. For this you have to ask timber merchant for the price per ton. 2) Visitor from Shah Alam searching for “antique dealers Malaysia”. This search has been answered and no use addressing this issue over and over again which is a waste of time. 3) Visitor from Petaling Jaya Selangor searching for “Chinese furniture seller in Kuala Lumpur”. The Chinese furniture seller can be found in some shopping complex. 4) Visitor from Brunei searching for “peranakan porcelain ware” has been answered.