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Look, No Hands…
While updating photos for my website I came across something I hadn’t noticed before; many of the figures on my 17th century Arita pieces...
R.J. Ruble
Jul 5, 20241 min read
Museums where you can touch...
A few weeks ago, I was having our monthly coffee and schmooz with Don Olson, dealer in fine American antiques and folk art. These...
R.J. Ruble
May 5, 20242 min read
A Pet Peeve
As both a collector and a dealer I have always been concerned with the condition, history, and provenance of a piece, whether buying for...
R.J. Ruble
Mar 30, 20242 min read
Chinese Whispers or the Telephone Game
In the mid-17th century foreign access to Chinese porcelain was curtailed, and the Dutch shifted their sourcing of Asian porcelain to...
R.J. Ruble
Feb 25, 20242 min read
To Arms...
Browsing through the December 2023 issue of Architectural Digest I came across an article by Sam Cochran on page 58 titled “A Knights...
R.J. Ruble
Dec 25, 20233 min read
Following A Thread
In last month’s blog I wrote that while “clobbered” Chinese export porcelain was considered by many to be garish, it fit the interior...
R.J. Ruble
Oct 30, 20232 min read
Context
In a previous blog I wrote about “clobbered” Chinese porcelain, using a densely over-painted cider jug as an example. Here in the first...
R.J. Ruble
Sep 30, 20232 min read
Double Dutch
“Double Dutch” is a jump-rope game said to have originated with Dutch immigrants in New York City where a pair of jump ropes are turned...
R.J. Ruble
Aug 25, 20232 min read
Putting some English on it…
The phrase to put “English on a ball” means to put a spin on it, and as a verb “English” can mean to Anglicize something. When it comes...
R.J. Ruble
Jul 28, 20232 min read
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