Seattle Oriental
Art Collection
A gallery website for a collection of Chinese porcelain antiques spanning more than a thousand years of dynastic history.
- Client
- Family-inherited art trust
- Focus
- Chinese porcelain, Late Tang to Qing Dynasty
- What we did
- Collection and gallery website
- Live site
- seattleorientalartcollection.com
Website preview
The brief
The Seattle Oriental Art Collection is a family trust with deep roots in the antiques trade. According to Shanghai's County Records, the family's grandfather, Cai Baochun, established an antique company in Shanghai and Paris in 1911 and later worked with C.T. Loo, one of the most influential dealers of his era, as a supplier in China.
The family wanted a website that honors that history and shares the collection, which spans the Late Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, with the care of a museum. Serious collectors also expect documentation, so the site had to publish thermoluminescence (TL) test results openly, reach collectors in other countries, and be clear that visitors are responsible for authentication.
What we built
A collection organized by dynasty
Six dynasties, from the Late Tang to the Qing, each with its own collection page, so collectors can go straight to the period they study.
A TL results library
Thermoluminescence reports from an independent testing lab, published piece by piece, with research pages alongside.
A language switcher
Built-in language options for international collectors.
A family story, told with care
An About page that traces the collection back to 1911 Shanghai, plus a site-wide notice that visitors are responsible for authentication.
Inside the site
The results
Museum-quality presentation
The collection looks as valuable online as it is.
Documentation in one place
Collectors find research and test results without asking.
A global audience
International visitors can browse in their own language.
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