Well potted body covered with a superb, thick, highly glossy glaze. The colour changing from russet brown to a deep black. There is a old, genuine Japanese Urushi Gold Lacquer repair to the rim of this teabowl that ennobles this rare piece. Song Dynasty ( 960 - 1279 AD ) Jian ware " Jianyao " Fujian province, South China. Diameter : 9,3 cm. H : 5,8 cm. Condition : Genuine Gold Lacquer repair ( from the time when this teabowl was in an Japanese Collection resp...

A small lovely stem cup with a very rare shape. Well potted white porcelain body, covered with a nice white glaze. Southern Song Dynasty ( 1127 - 1279 ) ( " White Song " ) H : 5,1 cm. Diameter : 7,9 cm. Condition : Perfect. IMPORTANT AND HIGHLY UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION REGARDING ALL OUR ANNOUNCED PRICES FOR CHINESE CERAMIC ITEMS : SINCE I`M NOW ENJOYING MY RETIREMENT PENSION NOW IT IS A MATTER OF SELLING OFF MY STOCK OF CHINESE CERAMICS...

Apart from the very nice underglaze blue and white decoration with four deers it is the extraordinary wide form of the body that makes this jarlet to a really special piece of its kind. Ming Dynasty, Wanli period ( 1573 - 1620 ) Jingdezhen ware. Diameter: 9,2 cm. H : 7,8 cm. Condition : Perfect.

Excellently potted porcelain jarlet with underglaze Cobalt blue "Lotus" decoration.The base unglazed. Ming Dynasy, Jiajing Period ( 1522 - 1566 ). Jingdezhen ware. Diameter: 7,5 cm. H.: 7,8 cm. Condition: Perfect original condition, very nice glaze, no chip, no crack, some original glaze fritting to the rim which is absolutely is normal for such kind of ware.

A Southern Song Dynasty ( 1127 - 1279 ) covered box. The white porcelain body most beautifully molded and covered with a very nice, clean white glaze. Probably Dehua ware. Diameter : 6,4 cm. Condition : One short fiering crack to the cover ( visible on the last enlargement ) and one fiering crack to the base of the box...

Excellently potted grayish-black body, covered by a grayish blue-green glaze suffused with golden crackle. Longquan ware, Southern Song Dynasty ( 1127 - 1279 ). Diameter: 11,8 cm. Condition: Perfect. IMPORTANT AND HIGHLY UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION REGARDING ALL OUR ANNOUNCED PRICES FOR CHINESE CERAMIC ITEMS : SINCE I`M NOW ENJOYING MY RETIREMENT PENSION NOW IT IS A MATTER OF SELLING OFF MY STOCK OF CHINESE CERAMICS...

Description:

A black-glazed stem cup was uniquely mold with decoration on the surface with thorn-like pattern.
It was a transition from early periods and was also a counterpart of metal wares of persian cultures which had been introduced into China 6th-8th centuries.
It was an one-of-a-kind piece but was not odd to the pottery cultures of the periods.
Foggy-look incursions were happen to the glaze in a subtle way.
The body clay was in grayish white tint...

A very rare Chinese blue and white pouch-shaped porcelain vase, 18th century, probably Qianlong period. The vase is in excellent condition, the only flaw is a short (approximately 3/8" long) kiln crack inside the rim, please see enlargement #5 for detail. Height of the vase: 8". Provenance: purchased from a private collection in the early 1990s.

A Very Rare Chinese Yuan Dynasty Porcelain Lidded Jar - Jizhou Ware (Ex. Grahame Clarke Collection)

This very rare small jar was made in the 14th Century during the Yuan Dynasty (1279 - 1368). Although it is clearly from the Jizhou kilns of Northern China it is painted on a porcelain body under a qingbai type of glaze. Usually Jizhou wares are on a stoneware body. The only reference we can find of this type is in "Qingbai Wares...

From our Chinese Blue and White Collection, a very rare Kangxi Period (1662-1722) porcelain dish, which is actually a Kangxi version of an earlier Japanese version of yet an even earlier Ming kraakware design, depicting a flower basket in the center medallion, surrounded by ogival panels of buddhist objects and auspicious symbols in the outer border, all very well-painted in varying shades of good Kangxi blue with an excellent glaze...

From our Chinese Blue and White Collection, an exceptionally rare Kangxi Period (1662-1722) porcelain dish made in the Transitional Period style, depicting a man and two boys in the center well, with the border executed in a facsimile of the Border IX Transitional Period kraakware design of 1635-1650. Maura Rinaldi discusses the Border IX design in "Kraak Porcelain, A Moment in the History of Trade" p...

A circular qingbai porcelain box of compressed drum shape with neatly lobed sides and a slightly concave base. The domed cover has a concave top, which is mould-­impressed with small chrysanthemum flowers. Both the exterior and interior of the box and cover are coated in a thin, translucent bluish­-white glaze, leaving the rims and base unglazed, exposing the sugary white body, which has some brown and black firing marks...

A very rare relic of a pottery figure was found in original excavation condition.
It was applied with greenish glaze on the surface.
Slight abrasives were caused due to age.

Date: Sui or Tang periods.

Height:13cm(without stand)

Bronze Stand is not included.

From our Early Chinese Collection, a very rare, large, and striking Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD) stoneware jar with lid, executed in a straw colored glaze over buff colored stoneware (or proto-porcelain as it is sometimes referred to, which is clay fired at higher temperatures than pottery but lower temperatures than true porcelain, which had yet to be invented at that time)...

Description: A Rare Yaozhou Baby of 12th century was excavated with obvious evidence of adhesives. With sophisticated olive-green glaze, the lying Song baby survived over 800 years and still reflected the restraint glaze glamour the excavated piece always have. For anyone who are searching for Chinese early porcelain's figurines shall never spare a museum piece like this. Date: Northern Song dynasty (12th century) Length: 5.9cm Condition: Perfect. Provenance: Johnson Lemon

Description:
A black-glazed tea bowl was in a unique form.
Apparently caused by firing effects, the surface of the glaze was transformed to a mysterious image that was charming and different.
It was not sure if it was intentionally finished by an ingenious potter or just an accidental surprise.
But it was indeed a unique and sought-after piece for real connoisseur.

Date: Tang Dynasty, 10th Century.

Width:11.3cm.

Fitted cotton box is included.

Description： A beautiful ceramic doll was well presented in a picture of a lady was reading in a garden.
Xi－Wan dolls were done by traditional Chinese craftsmanship and have been very famous in China for hundred of years.
Date：late 19th century.
Height：15cm.
Condition：perfect.

Description:

A Yaozhou censer was stand in unique stem foot.
It was also called XinLu in Chinese for this rare type.
Well glaze in yellowish green tint, the censer was revealed with buff-tinted body clay in the cavetto and at the foot.
It was preserved in perfect condition with slight incursions happened to the glaze.

Date: Song Dynasty, 11th/12th century.

Height:6.4cm, Width: 7.7cm.

A CUSTOM-MADE SILK BOX IS INCLUDED.