13th Century Chinese Cizhou Pottery Kwan-Yin Buddha

It is 8 inches (20.3 cm) tall by 4.6 inches (11.8 cm) wide. It is 1.3 Lb.

It has skip glazes, dark spots, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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16th Century Chinese Longquan Celadon Tripod Censer with Wood Lid

It is 8.7 inches (22 cm) tall by 7.4 inches (18.7 cm) wide. It is 4.8 Lb.

It has skip glazes, dark spots, chips, surface wears and scratches. The wood lid has hairline cracks, chips, warped edges and surface scratches (as seen in the photos).

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The natural cobalt had become to be imported to China again at Jiajing period, and so color development of blue had become very clear...

Chinese Tang dynasty (618-907) painted pottery figure of a slender Central Asian groom with full beard standing with boots attached to a rectangular plinth. He wears a long, belted tunic with open collar and cloth hat. His hands are raised and drilled to hold the reins for a horse. 17 3/8” high. Circa 7th to 8th century. Very good overall condition with traces of black, red, and white pigments remaining. High quality restorations were made to reattach the head and arm...

Blue & white pieces in Jingdezhen Ming dynasty like these are called "古染付 kosome" and loved by Japanese tea masters.Especially natural chips on the mouth edge are loved and called "虫喰　mushikui" that means worm eating marks. They are suited to "wabi sabi" feeling. These pieces have five horses painted in free and easy style. accessary : old wooden box made in Japan YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pABoSggRLKM&feature=youtu.be

The Kangxi(康熙）period is the day when the ceramic industry ruined at the last Ming dynasty had been rebuild, and many excellent pieces had been produced at both government kiln and folk kiln. This piece has picture of flushou (福禄寿）and the superlative seal mark of folk kiln on the back. Notable thing is the record in the box indicates it has had by Aixinjueluo Pujio(愛新覚羅溥傑),younger brother of the last emperor. Size: 19.5cm(D) 3.5cm(H) Accessary: box