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Contributing Writer

Daniel Volkov

Daniel Volkov writes for the Furniture & Decorative Arts department at Matchless Pieces, covering the history, makers and collecting of furniture & decorative arts.

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Fragment — China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Fragment

October 10, 2026Mirror with a Central Square, Immortals, and Auspicious Animals — China, Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE)

Mirror with a Central Square, Immortals, and Auspicious Animals

October 10, 2026Mirror Featuring Dading Coins — China, Jin dynasty (1115-1234)

Mirror Featuring Dading Coins

October 10, 2026Mirror with Double Quatrefoils, Dragons, and Phoenixes — Anonymous, Warring States period (475–221 BCE)

Mirror with Double Quatrefoils, Dragons, and Phoenixes

October 10, 2026Boat-Shaped Cup with Ceres and Bacchus on a Bed of Grape Clusters and Wheat — Bernard Palissy

Boat-Shaped Cup with Ceres and Bacchus on a Bed of Grape Clusters and Wheat

October 10, 2026Dish with Dragon and Clouds — Anonymous, Jiajing mark and reign (1522-66)

Dish with Dragon and Clouds

October 10, 2026Double-Handled Beaker — Anonymous, Qijia Culture

Double-Handled Beaker

October 10, 2026Table Top Cupboard: Gui — China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Table Top Cupboard: Gui

October 10, 2026Fragment of a Clavus — Egypt, Abbasid period

Fragment of a Clavus

October 10, 2026Silk Fragment — Italy, last third of the 14th century

Silk Fragment

October 10, 2026

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