Collector's Joy

傅 抱石”风展红旗如画”出让

To display the North Korea artifacts/antiques on this historic day @ 12th June, 2018 in Singapore.

Is it fit for International auction?

One of my Favourite blue and white collections.

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Ramli

Siapa peduli
Acrilic on canvas

周桂珍大师

Rare Collection

Private Collection by Bernard Ong

Rare piece B/W antique bowl

凤凰于飞＂phoenix-in-flight” and peony motif made in the 光绪Guangxu period. The pink border shows the 八宝吉祥　motifs again, alternated with lotus blossoms.

Antique Silver Betel To***co Sireh Boxes

Private Collection Sales

Singapore had her first set of banknotes issued in 1967, 2 years after independence, and has 9 denominations. (1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 500, 1000, 10000) Each note has an orchid design in the centre of the note's front, the orchid being the national flower of Singapore. A scene of Singapore is depicted on the back, which varies across denominations. Standard on each note, is the Coat of Arms, a lion head watermark, and the signature of the Minister for Finance and Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore, on the front of the note. The security feature back then was the watermark and security thread. All notes have one vertically embedded security thread, while the $10,000 note has two. For collectors, there are 4 variation of each note, i.e. the different signatures which are found on the note. The 4 variations are by name by, Mr Lim Kim San, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, Dr. Hon Sui Sen (With and without red seal). These variations are priced differently accordingly to the supply of each note. Generally, Dr. Goh's notes commands the highest price, followed by Dr. Hon without red seal, Mr Lim and lastly Dr. Hon with red seal.

Private sales - Hard to come by

Made with unique artistic style, Shiwan ceramic sculptures have the characteristics of being humanistic, regional and national. “Shiwan Doll” ceramic sculptures can be classified into five categories: human, animal, utensil, mini-sculpture and tile ridge sculpture. Vividly designed and properly exaggerated from reality, “Shiwan Doll” ceramic sculptures have formed distinguished regional characteristics.

笑佛

笑口常开

祖籍广东顺德，1937年生于石湾的陶艺世家，是刘胜记第四代传人。 自幼热爱陶艺， 1959年开始从事陶艺创作，1960年赴广州美术学院进修，1978年后深入研究刘佐朝艺术风格的同时吸收多种艺术营养，逐步形成自己的艺术特色，作品取材广泛新颖、高雅朴实、生动传神，曾在广州、香港等地举办陶塑作品联展。《礼佛罗汉》。《华佗五禽戏》，《小禅师》等作品在全国、省市评比中获得多项一等奖。 与刘泽棉等人合作多套大型组塑，其中《十八罗汉》获得国家级金奖（珍品）奖《小禅师》、《陆羽品茶》、《十八罗汉》（合作）等作品被中国工艺美术珍宝馆等国内、外艺术机构所收藏。1994年被评为全国工艺行业“优秀技术人员”并获“优秀创作成果”一等奖，现为高级工艺美术师，中国陶瓷艺术大师、中国工艺美术大师。

陶瓷作为中国传统文化领域举足轻重的一部分，可谓源远流长、博大精深。青花瓷、唐三彩等名陶早已享誉海外，蜚声国际，而“石湾公仔” 以“石湾公仔”为代表的石湾陶艺品却是中国民间陶瓷艺术的一朵奇葩，早在明清时期就享有“石湾瓦，甲天下”的美誉。
庄稼（1931——2006），1948年普宁师范毕业后于1949参加文工团担任舞台美术工作，1953年开始从事石湾陶艺创作工作。1960年至1963年兼任广州美术学院雕塑系客座教师。他是中国工艺美术学会民间工艺美术专业委员会委员、中国工艺美术学会雕塑研究会副会长、佛山市工艺美术学会名誉会长。
庄稼师承刘传，学习钻研石湾传统陶瓷陶塑技艺，并努力吸取古今中外的艺术精华，开拓自己的的艺术道路。从艺60多年，艺文俱进，先后随国家美术家代表团出访波兰、匈牙利、澳大利亚、美国、加拿大、新加坡、日本等国，参加了港澳举办的有关学术活动和讲座。
庄稼的陶瓷工艺作品以人物为主，技艺娴熟，取材广泛，作品寓意深长，善于仕女、文人的形象塑造，有鲜明的艺术个性，以人物典雅传神、衣纹流畅、结构严谨，为其个人艺术特色。
他的代表作有《诗圣杜甫》、《汉武帝》、《弃官寻母》等。其中许多作品曾获得国家级和省市的各种奖项，并被中国美术馆、中国工艺美术馆、国家和省博物馆列为收藏品收藏。

Rare piece old blackwood, more than 100 year's old hand crafted by master.

北朝鲜古玩- 战马

咸仲英，號冰心，中國江蘇省名人、国家研究員級高級工藝美術師

Zisha is the best material of antique teapots with better ventilation, faint scent and fresh color

70's to 80's collections of Yixing zhisha teapots, sculpture figure and quality stone