This twin-handled pottery jar was made over 4,000 years ago during the Machang Phase (c. 2300 - 2000 BC) of the Majiayao culture, also known as the Gansu-Yangshao culture, from present day Gansu or Qinghai province. The outside of the jar and the inner rim have been decorated with geometric patterns painted onto the surface in two different coloured mineral-based pigments, p... Click for details
This twin-handled pottery jar was made over 4,000 years ago during the Machang Phase (c. 2300 - 2000 BC) of the Majiayao culture, also known as the Gansu-Yangshao culture, from present day Gansu or Qinghai province. The outside of the jar and the inner rim have been decorated with interesting geometric patterns using a mineral-based pigment, prior to firing in the Neolithic ... Click for details
This large and impressive pottery jar or hu was made some 2,000 years ago during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). It is quite "heavily-potted" made from a fine-grained grey pottery and quite highly-fired, having a distinct ring to it when tapped. In places the smooth surface has a silvery sheen to it. It is decorated with raised bands that surround the body at the waist and... Click for details
Chinese Han Dynasty Pottery Granary with Zoomorphic Feet
This tall pottery granary jar was made some 2,000 years ago during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). It is made from a fine-grained grey pottery and quite highly fired, having a distinct ring to it when tapped. In places the smooth surface has a silvery sheen to it. The body is decorated with several groups of raised bands and stands on three feet moulded into ... Click for details
Fine Chinese Warring States Impressed Red Pottery Jar
Warring States period (475 - 221 BC)
This sturdy pottery jar has been fired to an attractive red, rarely seen (most similar Warring States jars being more of a greyish-brown colour). The surface below the shoulder has been decorated with repeated geometric impressions. The shoulder and s... Click for details
The body of this sturdy pottery jar has been decorated with repeated geometric impressions. This jar has been made by the coiling method, as can clearly be seen by looking at the inside wall. However, the potter has taken the time to give this jar a well-... Click for details
A lovely example with a particularly attractive glaze that has, in places, degraded to form a silvery iridescence. There are bands of impressed geometric decorations around the waist and shoulder. The original kiln spacers are still attached to the base, havin... Click for details
Chinese Han Dynasty Green Glazed Pottery Granary Jar
Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220).
This heavily-potted jar in the form of a granary stands on three feet. The glaze has degraded in places, especially where thin, into a silvery iridescence, a result of long exposure to moisture. There are several simple decorative impressed bands that surro... Click for details
