In light of a new acquisition to our collection, which can be seen pictured above, we decided to create a blog post on this important piece.

“If these decorative porcelains of Hung-hsien are seen side by side with similar ones of T’ung-chih, Kuang-hsü or Hsüang-t’ung, the progress in the art of the potter cannot be denied.

In comparison to other fields in Chinese art, the so-called ‘later’ Chinese bronzes have in the past long been neglected by scholars, collectors, and dealers.