Fine & Rare Chinese Warring States Pottery Jar +TL Test

Chinese: Antiquities: Early Ceramics Pre AD 1000: item #983379
M7396

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

Very Rare Chinese Neolithic Xindian / Tangwang Jar

Chinese: Antiquities: Early Ceramics Pre AD 1000: item #983374
M7185

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. ... Click for details

Very Rare Chinese Neolithic Xindian / Tangwang Jar

Chinese: Antiquities: Early Ceramics Pre AD 1000: item #983370
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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. ... Click for details

Rare Chinese Neolithic Pottery Tripod

Chinese: Antiquities: Early Ceramics Pre AD 1000: item #983368
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Rare Chinese Neolithic Pottery Tripod

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. ... Click for details

Chinese Neolithic Qijia Culture Cord-Impressed Jar

Chinese: Antiquities: Early Ceramics Pre AD 1000: item #983367
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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

Fine Small Chinese Neolithic Jar - Qijia Culture

Chinese: Antiquities: Early Ceramics Pre AD 1000: item #983365
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Fine Small Chinese Neolithic Jar - Qijia Culture

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. ... Click for details

Fine Chinese Han Dynasty Burnished Cocoon Jar

Chinese: Antiquities: Early Ceramics Pre AD 1000: item #982434
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Fine Chinese Han Dynasty Burnished Cocoon Jar

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.  ... Click for details

Large Chinese Han Dynasty Duck Head Jar

Chinese: Antiquities: Early Ceramics Pre AD 1000: item #978040
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Large Chinese Han Dynasty Duck Head Jar

This tall pottery jar was made during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). It has a wide globular body with the neck and head of a duck or goose with a circular opening in the top. 

Height 32 cm (12.5 inches). A fine example in fine condition. ... Click for details

Large Chinese Han Dynasty Duck Head Jar

Chinese: Antiquities: Early Ceramics Pre AD 1000: item #978039
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Large Chinese Han Dynasty Duck Head Jar

This tall pottery jar was made during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). It has a wide globular body of particularly good shape with the neck and head of a duck or goose with a circular opening in the top. 

Height 35.5 cm (14 inches). A fine example in fine condition. ... Click for details

Early Qing Yixing Teapot With Pewter Spout

Chinese: Antiquities: Early Ceramics Pre 1700: item #976088
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This early Qing Yixing teapot bears several seals on the lid and bottom surface indicating its origin in the small town of Dingshan, in Yixing County, southern Jiangsu Province, China. The pewter spout is fashioned into the head of an elephant with trunk raised. Chinese regard for the elephant as a symbol of wisdom and strength evolved from Buddhist iconography, where it represents strength of mind toward practice of the Buddhist way of life. Pewter also forms the double handles attached with ri... Click for details