Very Rare Chinese Neolithic Double-Rimmed Pottery Jar - Banshan (c. 2600 - 2300 BC)

This very rare and unusual small pottery jar was made over 4,000 years ago during the Banshan phase (c. 2600 - 2300 BC) of the Majiayao Culture from present day Gansu province. Banshan pottery is usually recognised as being finely burnished and elaborately painted, but more unusual vessels such as this were also made and are sometimes found alongside the painted vessels...

Large Chinese Neolithic Machang Painted Pottery Jar

This attractively-shaped 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.

It is made from a pale buff-coloured pottery that is quite highly-fired. It has a wide globular body with a small flat base, a fairly short neck and flared mouth. On opposing sides at the waist are two loop handles...

A beautifully and fine blue and white covered box decorated with a lively carp swimming among aquatic plants, symbolizing abundance and continuously prosperity. Around the shoulder is an inscription written in elegant approximately middle of 14th Century or Late Yuan Dynasty,it's rare to found inscription on the Yuan Dynasty pieces like David vases in the British Museum London. Condition is perfect with no any chip, no any crack and free from any restoration...

A superbly blue and white Yuhuchunping painted with seven level and main decorated with four peony scrolls and also the shaped with larger size in bottom area, slightly different from Yuan Dynasty if we compare carefully, Found recovery from Sumatera Island, I believed it because purchased from Batam Island Indonesia. Condition is very good, no any chip, no any crack and free from any restoration. Early Ming Dynasty Hongwu period. Height:32 cm, Mouth rim: 8,3 cm, Foot rim: 12,8 cm.

A rare blue and white Yi vessel or milk pouring vessel decorated with phoenix flight among the clouds. Condition is very good, no any chip, no any crack and entirely free from any restoration. Yuan Dynasty 13th-14th Century. Diameter: 13,8 cm. Found at the Riau of Anambas Island.

Rare Chinese Neolithic Painted Pottery Jar - Xindian Culture, Tangwang type

This very rare pottery jar is of the Tangwang type and dates to the Xindian Culture (c. 1200 - 500 BC). The Xindian culture is a relatively late Neolithic culture and overlaps with the Chinese Bronze Age.

It is made from a reddish pottery coated in a red wash and decorated in geometric patterns in a mineral-based pigment...

Three Rare Chinese Neolithic Painted Pottery Jars - Xindian Culture, Tangwang type (c. 1200 - 500 BC).

These three very rare pottery jars are of the Tangwang type and date to the Xindian Culture (c. 1200 - 500 BC). The Xindian culture is a relatively late Neolithic culture and overlaps with the Chinese Bronze Age.

There are made from quite a brittle reddish-pottery, coated in a red wash and painted in "swirling" and geometric patterns in a mineral-based pigment...

Rare Large Chinese Neolithic Painted Pottery Jar - Qijia Culture

This very rare and interesting pottery jar was made around 4,000 years ago by potters of the Qijia culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC) , from present day Gansu or Qinghai province...

Rare Chinese Neolithic Decorated Pottery Jar - Banshan Phase

This very rare and interesting pottery jar was made over 4,000 years ago during the Banshan Phase of the Majiayao culture (c. 2600 - 2300 BC) , from present day Gansu province. Banshan pottery is usually recognised as being finely burnished and elaborately painted, but more unusual vessels such as this were also made and are sometimes found alongside the painted vessels...

Very Rare Chinese Neolithic Xindian / Tangwang Painted Pottery Jar with Zoomorphic Patterns

This extremely rare and interesting pottery jar was made 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 finer in its construction compared to the majority of other Xindian vessels that tend to be fairly coarse...

A nice and well balance potted Meiping vase, decorated with two reserved white on blue Phoenix flight among clouds scroll in octagonal shaped. Condition is good excepted small piece re-stuck and re-glued to mouth rim area, otherwise is no any chip and the other restoration. Yuan to Early Ming period. Height: 21,7 cm

Chinese Yaozhou celadon bowl, Northern Song. 18 cm diameter. Bowl has been repaired at the rim.

Large Chinese Neolithic Burnished Pottery Jar - Caiyuan Culture (c.2600 - 2200 BC)

This attractively-shaped pottery jar was made over 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Caiyuan Culture (c.2600 - 2200 BC) and comes from the Ningxia Autonomous Region in the north of China. It has a wide body, neck and a wide flared mouth. It is quite highly-fired, having a ring to it when tapped...

Rare Chinese Zhou Dynasty Pottery Pouring Vessel

This very rare pottery vessel was made between two and three thousand years ago during the Western Zhou period (11th century to 771 BC) or possibly the Eastern Zhou period (770 - 221 BC), most likely in Zhejiang province. It is of a very unusual form and is made from a high-fired earthenware that has an almost "metallic" sound to it when tapped...

Rare Chinese Neolithic Decorated Pottery Jar - Banshan Phase

This very rare and interesting pottery jar was made over 4,000 years ago during the Banshan Phase of the Majiayao culture (c. 2600 - 2300 BC) , from present day Gansu province...

Rare Chinese Neolithic Xindian / Tangwang 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 cup is of the Tangwang type, described by some as a separate culture, by others as part of the Xindian culture. It is quite heavily-potted with two large loop handles at the waist and a thinly-potted flared mouth....

Rare Chinese Neolithic Xindian / Tangwang Pottery Cup

This very rare grey pottery cup 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 cup is of the Tangwang type, described by some as a separate culture, by others as part of the Xindian culture. It is quite heavily-potted and relatively highly-fired. The surface is smooth and it has a large...

Fine & Rare Chinese Western Han Dynasty Painted Pottery Attendant Figure

This fine quality pottery model of a court official or attendant was made over 2,000 years ago during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). It has been "cold painted" in a base coat of a creamy-white pigment with other coloured pigments on top. The figure stands alert with his hands clasped together beneath his robe. Note the detail of the clothing, the folds to the sleeves and to the rear, as well as the fine facial...