Fine & Rare Chinese Warring States Painted Pottery Jar & Cover with Oxford TL Test
This unusual and rare pottery vessel was made during the Warring States period (475 - 221 BC). It is quite "heavily-potted" and made from a dense grey pottery that is relatively highly-fired, having a distinct ring when tapped. It is decorated with elaborate geometric patterns in white and reddish-brown pigments. The cover is very inter... Click for details
Rare Chinese Neolithic Xindian Culture Pottery Jar - Tangwang
This very rare pottery jar was made around 3,000 years ago by peoples of the Neolithic Xindian culture (c. 1200 - 500 BC). The Xindian culture is a relatively late Neolithic culture and overlaps with the Chinese Bronze Age. This jar is of the Tangwang type and is not as coarse in its construction as other Xindian vessels.
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Rare Chinese Neolithic Xindian Culture Pottery Jar
This very rare pottery jar was made around 3,000 years ago by peoples of the Neolithic Xindian culture (c. 1200 - 500 BC). The Xindian culture is a relatively late Neolithic culture and overlaps with the Chinese Bronze Age. This jar is of the Tangwang type and is not as coarse in its construction as some other Xindian vessels.
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This rare pottery tripod vessel was made around 4,000 years ago; we believe it is a product of the Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC). Such vessels were used as cooking vessels, designed to maximise the amount of surface area to transmit heat from the fire to the contents of the vessel. Few of these vessels survive as they are general quite low-fired and very prone to damage.
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Chinese Neolithic Qijia Culture Cord-Impressed Jar
This jar was made some 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Neolithic Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC), from what is now eastern Gansu province. They produced a variety of pottery vessels including cord-impressed pottery of many shapes and sizes. This particular example is made from a coarse gritty clay and has a wide flaring mouth. The lower surface is decorated with cor... Click for details
This attractive small jar was made by peoples of the Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC). It is particularly small and unusual for a Qijia jar having just one handle instead of the more common Qijia jar that has two handles. It has a smooth burnished surface making it a pleasure to handle. Height 8.75 cm. No repair or restoration; fine condition.
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This superbly-shaped pottery jar was made some 2,000 years ago during the Early Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8) or possibly the earlier Qin Dynasty (221 - 206 BC). The shape, named after its similarity to the silkworm cocoon, evolved during the late Warring States period (475 - 221 BC) and then generally died out by the middle of the Western Han.
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Rare Chinese Song / Yuan Dynasty Buddhist Stone Prayer Tablet
This rare stone panel, described by some as a "prayer tablet", was excavated from a Buddhist site in Yunnan province in the South-West of China and dates to the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279), Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368) or possibly the early Ming Dynasty. The stone appears to be marble and is worn quite smooth.... Click for details
Chinese painted pottery horse and rider, the rider wearing tunic and sitting on a saddle cloth, the horse standing on rectangular base, ears pricked and a tail, with red pigment remaining. Thermoluminescence test from Oxford is included.
Age: China, Tang Dynasty, A.D. 618 - 907
Measurement: Height 35.8 C.M. / Length 32 C.M.
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