Large Chinese Neolithic Siwa Culture Pottery Jar

Chinese: Antiquities: Early Ceramics Pre AD 1000: item #748943
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Large Chinese Neolithic Siwa Culture Pottery Jar

This large and impressive pottery vessel was made over 3,000 years ago by peoples of the Siwa Culture (c.1350 BC) from present day Gansu or Qinghai province. Although quite "heavily" potted it is well-made with high handles and a saddle-shaped mouth. The burnished surface is smooth to the touch and has been covered in a reddish-brown pigment ... Click for details

Good Neolithic Machang Phase Jar, Oxford TL Test

Chinese: Antiquities: Early Ceramics Pre AD 1000: item #748577
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DESCRIPTION: A large Machang Phase jar from the Majiayao culture (2300 - 2000 BC), originating from what is now Gansu province, China. Of well-known and documented form, this fascinating vessel is approximately 4,000 years old. Larger and better potted than is usually found, it is painted with anthropomorphic designs in purplish-black mineral pigments, typical of these wares. The meaning of these designs is still the subject of scholarly debate; such pieces were produced prior to the arrival ... Click for details

Large Northern Qi Tomb Guardian (550 - 577 AD)

Chinese: Antiquities: Early Ceramics Pre AD 1000: item #746238
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An exceptional Northern Qi Tomb Guardian (550 - 577 AD), boldly modeled in full military armor with chest and back plates, fringed mail tunics over knee guards, and battle helmet with leather side flaps. His left hand rests upon a leonine shield, and the right hand would have clenched a wooden spear, long ago decomposed. This imposing figure reflects the strong facial features typical of other known Northern Qi statuary, such as the ominous bulging eyes, high cheekbones, and thick lips set in a... Click for details

LARGE Chinese Neolithic Banpo Pottery Amphora + TL TEST

Chinese: Antiquities: Early Ceramics Pre AD 1000: item #745541

Chinese Neolithic Pottery Jar - Siwa Culture c. 1350 BC

Chinese: Antiquities: Early Ceramics Pre AD 1000: item #743696
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Chinese Neolithic Pottery Jar - Siwa Culture c. 1350 BC

This superbly-shaped pottery vessel was made over 3,000 years ago by people of the Siwa Culture (c. 1350 BC). It has been fired to a particularly attractive orange colour and the different shades of the surface colour are as a result of uneven temperatures in the kiln during firing. Two handles stretch from the wide saddle-shaped mouth to the shoulder of the vessel... Click for details

Fine Chinese Neolithic Qijia Culture Pottery Jar

Chinese: Antiquities: Early Ceramics Pre AD 1000: item #743694
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Fine Chinese Neolithic Qijia Culture Jar

This fine thin-walled pottery jar was made around 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Qijia Culture in eastern Gansu province, China dating from approx. 2050 - 1700 BC. It is constructed of a fine-grained yellowish clay that has been fired to an attractive orange colour; it is relatively highly-fired, having a distinct ring to it when tapped. The surface is finely burnished and v... Click for details

Chinese Neolithic Qijia Culture Pottery Jar

Chinese: Antiquities: Early Ceramics Pre AD 1000: item #743692
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Chinese Neolithic Qijia Culture Pottery Jar

This fine thin-walled pottery jar was made around 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Qijia Culture in eastern Gansu province, China dating from approx. 2050 - 1700 BC. It is constructed of a fine-grained yellowish clay that has been fired to an attractive orange colour; it is relatively highly-fired, having a distinct ring to it when tapped. The surface is finely burnished an... Click for details

Fine Chinese Han Dynasty Pottery Amphora

Chinese: Antiquities: Early Ceramics Pre AD 1000: item #743424
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Fine Chinese Han Dynasty Pottery Amphora

A superbly conceived design; vessels of this general type have been found in tombs dating as far back as the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC) and are thought by many archaeologists to be anthropomorphic, based on the female human form. Even an imperfect example would have set you back thousands just a few years ago, but since then many more have found their way out of Chin... Click for details

Han Dynasty wine bottle

Chinese: Antiquities: Early Ceramics Pre AD 1000: item #737337
1765

Good Han painted high fired pottery wine jar all original pigments in excellent original condition. H: 17.2cm/6.8in and D: 13cm/5.1in.

LARGE Chinese Han Dynasty Painted Pottery Hu Jar

Chinese: Antiquities: Early Ceramics Pre AD 1000: item #734853

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