Art BankView a sample

Chinese imperial art, judged by one specialist

For collectors of Chinese art everywhere: come and look closely, each piece has already been studied by Jian Lin.

A bright curved gallery hall with framed ink paintings and hanging scrolls along a white wall, beside a glass wall onto a garden
A blue-and-white dragon jar, a yellow dragon dish and a celadon vase on red lacquer tables against a turquoise ribbed wall

One specialist

Jian Lin
Founder of Chinese culture symbols studies

Art Bank is an online gallery and museum of Imperial Chinese and classical artwork. Nothing is shown, sold or certified here until it has passed through the judgment of one specialist.

Over fifty years of family-taught and self-taught research into art objects and art history. Sixteen years of selling and shipping online.

A celadon vase with two handles on a red lacquer table
An openwork jade disc carved with a dragon on a dark wooden stand
An imperial yellow silk robe embroidered with gold dragons and waves, seen from above
A hanging scroll of ink landscape painting on silk
An ancient bronze ritual vessel with green patina and carved mask patterns
An older man in a dark jacket holds a magnifying loupe over a blue-and-white porcelain bowl on a worn desk among old books

How it works

  1. Jian Lin studies the piece.
  2. What it is, and what its symbols mean, is written down.
  3. It is shown here, and shipped when it is sold.

Sample

A sample entry

Illustrated, not a listing. This is what one judged piece looks like.

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Black-and-white photograph of a blue-and-white porcelain jar with a coiling dragon

Sample illustration.

Blue-and-white jar, dragon

Identity
Porcelain storage jar painted in underglaze blue, Ming style.
Its symbols
A five-clawed dragon marks imperial use; the waves beneath it stand for the sea.
Judged by
Jian Lin
A visitor in a black coat studies a red cloisonné vase in a glass case, in a gallery with orange walls and a vermilion calligraphy banner

Museum visiting permit

$10, one-time

One visit
Up to 300 items
Within one hour