All authentic Chinese antiques will have certificates confirming their provenance. In piazza venues, bargain as much as you like to get the best prices. Wine Of course, Macau is a good place to buy aromatic authentic Douru or Alentejo wine imported from Portugal at duty-free prices. Vinho Tin...
There are two main streams of pottery: 1) the simple and un-glazed earthenware that relates to the simplicity of Zen Buddhism and the partly decorated tea ceremony ware, and 2) the brightly colored, complex designs which stem from Chinese influence and are, in recent times, often factory mad...
Here is a few places where you can find some: Shenzhen Hongkai Crafts Market(Shenzhen Hongji Craft Market) which is located within theDongmen marketarea. It has an entry on 1 Lixin Road. It has 4 floors of jade crafts, crystal products, antiques and paintings, old posters, old ...
Antiques, curios and collectables : where to buy them in New ZealandParsons, John
Chaowai Market:(about half a kilometer north of Panjiayuan Market. Every day, morning until early evening). Four floors of random stuff, ranging from furniture to antiques. Hongqiao “Pearl” Market:(Hongqiao Lu. Open daily). Located in Beijing’s Chongwen district, it’s the place to go ...
Scouring France’s flea markets to buy French antiques is an adventure in itself with its fair share of exoticism and its own jargon of junk. But what if you live too far away? Or if you don’t have the time or travel budget to spend hours exploring the thousands of flea markets that...
Hotels, restaurants, clubs and pubs, fashionable clothes and splendid handcrafts are all available on this bustling street. Exquisite Su embroidery can be founded in Su Xiu Tang. Jin Sha Ge and Bo Gu Tang are two stores that sell antiques, pottery and porcelain. Chinese paintings and calligraphy...
What to buy:Historical relics, calligraphy, paintings, antiques, jewels, and folk art Shu Yuan Men is an ancient-style street that located behind the Steles Forest in Xian. Various crafts and arts are sold on this crowded street all year long. Shu Yuan Men is a street for hand crafted pr...
New modern rugs have no real resale value so it is as if you bought a new $20,000 couch — once you take it home it will not be worth anything near to what you paid for it. Why Buy New Rugs When The Antiques May Cost You Less? People compare new rugs to antique carpets all th...
Here at Londonist we love a bookshop, be it anindependent storeor afabulous literary haunt. But what about when you're craving that old-book smell, and you fancy thumbing through some proper antiques (or alternatively, just something that's thrifty)?