Lovely pottery small lead glazed stove from the Eastern Han Dynasty (202 BCE – 220 CE). Minor fritting and a couple of chips on the upper corners, but overall, in very good condition for a two thousand year old piece. There are still random traces of the silver patina on the surface. I scraped off a small section the surface layer and a beautiful silver patina is revealed (see enlargement #5), up to the buyer of they want to clean the whole piece...

A Chinese Blue and White Barbed Rim Dish with a Gazing Ox (Shinu Wang Yue) Decoration. Circa, 1435-1449, Zhengtong, Ming Dynasty. Found in the Philippines. This dish features a distinctive barbed rim and elegantly fluted inner walls, adorned with a "Shang Wang Yue" motif, depicting an ox gazing at the moon...

A Chinese Blue and White Barbed Rim Dish with a Gazing Ox (Shinu Wang Yue) Decoration. Circa, 1435-1449, Interregnum Period: Zhengtong, Ming Dynasty. Found in the Philippines. This dish features a distinctive barbed rim and elegantly fluted inner walls, adorned with a "Shang Wang Yue" motif, depicting an ox gazing at the moon...

A Chinese Longquan Celadon Glazed ‘Lotus’ Bowl, 14th Century, Yuan Dynasty. Found in the Philippines. The bowl features deep, rounded sides adorned on the exterior with upright, overlapping petals, all beautifully coated in a rich green celadon glaze. Longquan celadon, produced during the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368), exemplifies exceptional craftsmanship and artistic innovation...

Very good Han Dynasty heavy spinach green lead glazed jar with zoomorphic impressed band at the top. Excellent condition, some fritting on the side- please examine enlargements. D: 14cm/5.5in and H: 11.5cm/4.8in.

Rare Tang Dynasty grey pottery vase with scalloped mouthrim and heavy splayed foot- good condition with no damage or repair. H: 24cm/9.5in and D: 16cm/6.2in

Fine & Rare Large Chinese Neolithic Banpo Burnished Pottery Bowl (4800 - 4300 BC)

This rare and very attractive pottery bowl was made over SIX THOUSAND years ago during the Banpo phase (c. 4800 - 4300 BC) of the Yangshao culture in present-day Shaanxi province. It is made from a fairly high-fired red pottery and both inner and outer surfaces have been burnished smooth.

Diameter 23 cm, height 10.25 cm. For a pottery bowl made over six thousand years ago, condition is truly exceptional...

Rare Chinese Neolithic Banpo Burnished Pottery Bowl (4800 - 4300 BC)

This rare pottery bowl was made over SIX THOUSAND years ago during the Banpo phase (c. 4800 - 4300 BC) of the Yangshao culture in present-day Shaanxi province. It is made from a fairly high-fired red pottery and both inner and outer surfaces have been burnished smooth. Around the outer rim are traces of its original decorative dark brown pigment.

Diameter 19.75 cm, height 9 cm...

Fine & Rare Chinese Neolithic Banpo Burnished Pottery Bowl (4800 - 4300 BC)

This rare pottery bowl was made over SIX THOUSAND years ago during the Banpo phase (c. 4800 - 4300 BC) of the Yangshao culture in present-day Shaanxi province. It is made from a fairly high-fired red pottery and both inner and outer surfaces have been burnished smooth. The darker band around the outer rim appears to have been intentional and was possibly originally painted with a red or brown pigment...

Fine & Rare Tall Chinese Neolithic Banpo Burnished Pottery Amphora with Oxford TL Test

This fine and incredibly old pottery vessel was made over 6,000 years ago during the Banpo phase (c. 4800 - 4300 BC) of the Yangshao culture in present-day Shaanxi province. This form is probably the most well-known of Banpo pottery, although most known examples tend to have a "cord-impressed" surface as opposed to a smooth burnished surface...

Fine & Rare Chinese Han Dynasty Burnished Pottery Cup

This fine & rare pottery cup was made some 2,000 years ago during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220), or possibly a little earlier. It is made from a fine-grained grey pottery. This inner mouth and outer surface have a smooth burnished surface making it a real pleasure not only to view, but also to handle. In places to the surface are limescale-type deposits from its long burial.

Maximum diameter 12.25 cm...

Fine & Rare Chinese Han Dynasty Burnished Pottery Cup

This fine & rare pottery cup was made some 2,000 years ago during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220), or possibly a little earlier. It is made from a fine-grained grey pottery. This inner mouth and outer surface have a smooth burnished surface making it a real pleasure not only to view, but also to handle. In places to the surface are limescale-type deposits from its long burial.

Maximum diameter 10.25 cm...

Rare Chinese Han Dynasty Burnished Pottery Cup

This fine & rare pottery cup was made some 2,000 years ago during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220), or possibly a little earlier. It is made from a fine-grained grey pottery. This inner mouth and outer surface have a smooth burnished surface making it a real pleasure not only to view, but also to handle...

Rare Chinese Han Dynasty Burnished Pottery Cup

This fine & rare pottery cup was made some 2,000 years ago during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220), or possibly a little earlier. It is made from a fine-grained grey pottery. This inner mouth and outer surface have a smooth burnished surface making it a real pleasure not only to view, but also to handle. In places to the surface are limescale-type deposits from its long burial.

Maximum diameter 11.5 cm. This is a lovely example in very goo...

Rare Large Chinese Neolithic Pottery Tripod

This rare and unusually large pottery tripod was made over 3,000 years ago during the Chinese Neolithic period or early Bronze Age. It is not always easy to determine exactly which culture such vessels come from as similar vessels were made by various Chinese Neolithic cultures over a long period. This example was excavated from present-day Gansu province in the northwest of China and we date it to possibly the early part of the Xindian culture (c....

Rare Chinese Neolithic Pottery Jar - Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC)

This rare and attractively-shaped pottery jar was made around 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Neolithic Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC), from what is now eastern Gansu province, China. It is made from quite a highly-fired pale yellowish-beige pottery and the main body has a smooth burnished surface that makes it a real pleasure to handle (as well as to view!). There are some limescale-type deposits to the surface of ...

Chinese Neolithic Twin-Handled Pottery Jar - Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC)

This twin-handled pottery jar was made around 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Neolithic Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC), from what is now eastern Gansu province, China. It is made from a pale buff-coloured pottery, the colour of which varies a little in places, that is quite highly-fired, having an almost metallic ring to it when tapped. 

Height 12 cm. It is in very good condition and has no restoration o...

Chinese Neolithic Twin-Handled Pottery Jar - Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC)

This twin-handled pottery jar was made around 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Neolithic Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC), from what is now eastern Gansu province, China. It is "thinly-potted" and made from a pale buff-coloured pottery, the colour of which varies in places, and has a smooth burnished surface. It is quite highly-fired, having an almost metallic ring to it when tapped. The form of this jar is mor...