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After a pleasant summer spent planning our Autumn 2003 exhibition it is with great pleasure that we greet the Fall Season in full swing. Spanning a broad spectrum of time our latest exhibition is comprised of objects from the Neolithic Period through the Qing Dynasty. The first item featured is the Black Jade Pig Dragon from the Neolithic Period, Hongshan culture (3500 - 2200 BCE). Among the objects representing early Bronze works is an Archaic Bronze Vase, Hu, with inscription, Eastern Zhou, Spring and Autumn Period (770 - 475) and a Pair of Archaic Bronze Wine Vessels, Gu, with pictogram, Shang Dynasty (1600 - 1100 BCE). Highlights from later periods include the important Red Splashed Lavender Glazed Stoneware Jar, Junyao, Jin Dynasty/Early Yan Dynasty and the Polychrome Enamelled and Under-glazed Blue Decorated Porcelain Jar and Cover, Wucai, Shunzhi Period, Early Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1661).
Interesting news from Beijing arrived in the form of an item in the November issue of Orientations magazine. On September 1, 2003 at the Beijing Hanhai Art Auction Corp. sale a Jade Pig-dragon (Jue), Hongshan culture (c.3500 - 2500) sold for $185,542.00 (RMB 1.54 million) even though the jade had been altered with time (calcified). In the article Bruce Doar writes that the sale of this jue-shaped pig dragon was sold to a young Beijing collector.
This follows the very active participation of Chinese Art collectors from the Peoples Republic of China in the New York auctions of Chinese Art held in September 2003. Included in the Christie's New York sale of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on September 18, 2003 was lot 350, a Rare Large Carved Celadon Bowl which sold for $107,950.00. We offered this identical bowl in our Anniversary Exhibition, Weisbrod 30 Years, Spring 2002 and were asking $77,500.00 for this same bowl. As we did not sell it during our exhibition we decided to consign the bowl in the aforementioned auction in which it sold to a Chinese mainland collector who paid $30,000.00 above our list price. The burgeoning market in China not only showed interest in the Ming and Qing objects historically favored by Chinese. Now they also are becoming interested in Archaic Jades, Archaic Bronzes and Buddhist sculpture as well as early dynastic ceramics from Neolithic through Qing.
What can be gleaned from the other auctions that took place, as you may have read, is that collectors are searching for important and interesting works of Chinese art. The range of objects represented in this exhibition expresses the connoisseurship that we have developed by looking at thousands of objects. We believe our gallery, having an inventory of fine Chinese objects acquired over 31 years, is the best place for a collector to shop.
I look forward to seeing you when you are next in New York. In the meantime I hope you will enjoy visiting weisbrodchineseart.com. If you would like to receive our newsletter through email please email us at wcaltd@aol.com.
Best Wishes for a delightful Autumn and holiday season,
Michael B. Weisbrod
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