Fine & Rare Chinese Warring States Impressed Pottery Jar / Ewer

This fine rare pottery vessel was made during the Warring States period (475 - 221 BC) in Zhejiang province. It is of a particularly attractive form and made from a high-fired earthenware. It has a curved handle and a small appliqué on the opposite side giving it the form of a ewer, albeit without a spout. The upper body surface is very nicely decorated with repeated impressions giving it a woven mat pattern...

Rare Chinese Neolithic Three-Handled Pottery Jar - Caiyuan Culture

This very rare 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 an attractive form, is finely-potted and relatively highly-fired. The outer surface as well as that of the inner mouth have been burnished to a smooth finish...

Small Chinese Neolithic Painted Pottery Jar - Machang (c. 2300 - 2000 BC)

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. It is relatively highly-fired and made from a buff-coloured pottery. It has a wide body and two loop handles joined at the shoulder and rim...

Rare and very large Southern Song dynasty Chinese bronze mirror with Chinese Character marking HuZhou ZhenShijia NianErsu Zhaozi (Mirror made by ZhenShijia nian ersu from Huzhou) good condition please see picture for detail size: 18 cm diameter.

A large example of blue and white dish, decorated in the center with fruit within double circle and molded incised a pair of beautiful Dragons to the cavetto. Underside is plain with QIngbai tone. Condition is repair with re-glued without missing pieces. Ming Dynasty 15th Century possibly Xuande period or later. Diameter: 33 cm.

A definitely rare and beautiful blue and white pear shaped bottle vase or such called as "Yuhuchunping", decorated with main decoration of the flowers of peony scroll with total nine levels from the top to bottom and painted by Persian cobalt blue near blackish tone. Perfect condition with no any chip, no any crack and free from any restoration. Yuan Dynasty 13th-14th Century. Height: 25,6 cm...

A lovely small bottle vase with long neck and decorated with tortoise shell motif to whole body. Very good condition, with no any chip, no any crack and free from any restoration. Southern Song-Yuan Dynasty Jizhou ware. Height: 16,5 cm. Foot diameter: 5 cm.

An extremely rare blue and white octagonal shaped Guan jar, decorated with motif which popular in Yuan Dynasty with nicely 5 level painted style, these are diaper pattern on the top side, variant shaped of the flowers and eight form of flowers bloom of chrysanthemum, lotus, black berry lily, peony above " tree friends of winter " with reserved panels of the pine, bamboo and prunus, Mandarin Ducks swimming on the lotus pond in the middle, lotus panels surrounded to the foot rim area...

A Chinese Celadon Glazed Bowl with a Carved Floral Decoration. Circa, 960-1278, Tong'an Kilns, Fujian, Song Dynasty. This bowl features intricately incised floral decoration adorning its interior, complemented by delicate striations that cascade down its exterior walls...

Fine Ancient Chinese Buddhist Stone Prayer Tablet - Song / Yuan Dynasty

This stone panel, sometimes described as a "prayer tablet", is from Yunnan province in the South-West of China and dates to the 13th to 14th century, i.e. the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279), Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368) or possibly the early Ming Dynasty. We acquired this over twenty years ago to compliment our collection of Yunnan Buddhist pottery. It has not previously offered for sale...

Large Chinese Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Horse & Female Rider

This attractive large model of a horse & rider was made during the early part of Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). It is made from a reddish pottery that has been "cold painted" in various coloured pigments. The horse stands upright and alert with its mouth open, its head turned to its left. The rider sits upright in her saddle with her head turned to the right. Note the detail to the rider's clothing and hairstyle...

Large Chinese Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Horse & Male Rider

This attractive large model of a horse & rider was made during the early part of Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). It is made from a reddish pottery that has been "cold painted" in various coloured pigments. The horse stands upright and alert with its mouth open, its head turned to its left. The rider sits upright in his saddle also with his head turned to the left. Note the detail to the rider's clothing and headgear...

Fine & Rare Chinese Neolithic Pottery Jar / Ewer - Caiyuan Culture

This fine and attractively-shaped pottery jar of ewer form was made over 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Caiyuan Culture (c. 2600 - 2200 BC) and has been excavated from the Ningxia Autonomous Region in the north of China. It is finely-potted, relatively highly-fired and has a smooth burnished surface...

Fine & Rare Chinese Western Zhou Impressed Pottery Li Tripod

This rare pottery tripod vessel (a "li") was made around three thousand years ago during the Western Zhou dynasty (c.1046 - 771 BC)...

An extremely rare blue and white stem-bowl, decorated with lady with her attendant bring a light, the other one bring a fan in the full moon Palace garden, also house, banana tree, with a beautiful scenery among this stem-cup. Da Ming Xuan De Nien Zhe six character mark and of the period. Condition is excellent, no any chip, no any crack and free from any restoration. Diameter: 12 cm and Height: 10 cm.

Fine Ancient Chinese Buddhist Stone Prayer Tablet - Song / Yuan Dynasty

This stone panel, sometimes described as a "prayer tablet", is from Yunnan province in the South-West of China and dates to the 13th to 14th century, i.e. the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279), Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368) or possibly the early Ming Dynasty. We acquired this over twenty years ago to compliment our collection of Yunnan Buddhist pottery. It has not previously been offered for sale.

It is carved with a cen...

Chinese Neolithic Xindian Culture Painted Pottery Jar

This 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. Xindian pottery is quite distinctive and rarer than pottery from some earlier Chinese Neolithic cultures: the painted designs are quite different and the pottery has different characteristics.

This is a nicely-shaped ...

Fine Chinese Neolithic Siwa Culture Burnished Pottery Jar (c. 1350 BC)

This attractively-shaped 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. It is quite "heavily-potted", has high handles, a saddle-shaped mouth and a wide body that tapers down to a small circular flat base. The surface is burnished smooth making this jar a real pleasure to handle as well as to look at! The varying surface shades, from bla...