A pair of decorative pottery figures of Soldiers, dating to Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 AD.

The soldiers are dressed in blue and tourqouise glazed uniforms with harness and helmets. Each are carrying a weapon - a halberd and a sword. They are placed on square plints. Helmets and boots in pigmented colors.

Height: c. 22-23 cm.

Condition: A choice pair of pottery figures with wear for age and type.

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A unusually elaborate pottery figure of a female Attendant, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD.), dating to late Ming period c. 1550-1650 AD.

The lady wears a beautiful robe, glazed in green and yellow Sancai colors. She has an imposing hairdress with a scarf around it. She carries a basket with fruits or flowers on one arm, as if she was returning from the garden. The figure is placed on a square plint.

Nicely painted facial details, careful thick glazing

Size: c. 28 cm...

Fine LARGE Chinese Han Dynasty Glazed Pottery Hu Jar

This fine and impressive pottery jar (hu) was made some two thousand years ago during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). It is made from a fairly high-fired reddish pottery and is coated in a finely-crackled green glaze covering the outer body and inner mouth, the colour of which varies in places according to its thickness...

A pair of museum quality, large pottery figures of male attendants, dating to the mid Ming Dynasty, ca. 1500 AD.

The figures are placed on large Lotus thrones on top of high hexagonal plints in two-color yellow and green glazed robes. Also known as the Sancai colors.

They both wear high hats. One is carrying a box, and the other is carrying a fan(?) over his shoulder. Finely painted facial details. Lotus thrones are very rare for Ming pottery figures...

A nice eight lobed shape bowl decorated with two kind crackle glazed, these are large with blackish crackled and slight small fine brownish crackled clay to whole body. Condition is excellent or pristine is very good, with no any crack, no any chip and free from any restoration. Yuan/Ming Dynasty Ge ware, found at East Java Indonesia. Diameter:16 cm

Rare Large Chinese Western Han Dynasty Tiger Head Painted Pottery Jar (with detachable neck) Oxford TL Tested

This rare and impressive pottery jar was made during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). The body of a wide globular form with the separate neck modelled into the form of a feline, presumably a tiger. There is a wide circular aperture in the tiger's head...

Rare Large Chinese Western Han Dynasty Tiger Head Painted Pottery Jar (with detachable neck)

This rare and impressive pottery jar was made during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). The body of a wide globular form with the separate neck modelled into the form of a feline, presumably a tiger. There is a wide circular aperture in the tiger's head...

Very Rare Chinese Warring States Lacquered Wooden Ear Cup

This very rare survivor is a lacquered wooden "ear cup" (a food or wine vessel) from the Warring States period (475 - 221 BC). It has been coated in a dark brown, red and pale yellowish lacquers with geometric patterns to the "ears" and inner mouth. Ear cups from this period tend to be larger and with more elaborate handles (or "ears") than those from the later Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8).

Length 17.25 cm, width 15.a5 cm...

Very Rare Large Chinese Warring States Lacquered Wooden Ear Cup

This very rare survivor is a lacquered wooden "ear cup" (a food or wine vessel) from the Warring States period (475 - 221 BC). It has been coated in a dark brown and red lacquer with geometric patterns around the inner mouth. Ear cups from this period tend to be larger and with more elaborate handles (or "ears") than those from the later Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8).

Length 18 cm, width 15.5 cm...

Rare Chinese Western Han Dynasty Lacquered Wooden Ear Cup

This rare survivor is a lacquered wooden "ear cup" (a food or wine vessel) from the early Western Han dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). The inner surface has been painted with a red lacquer on top of which are swirling geometric patterns in black, whereas the underside and the "ears" have been painted in a brown lacquer with lining details and further fine decoration in red. Length 14.5 cm...

Rare Chinese Western Han Dynasty Lacquered Wooden Ear Cup

This rare survivor is a lacquered wooden "ear cup" (a food or wine vessel) from the early Western Han dynasty (206 BC - AD 8)...

Rare Chinese Western Han Dynasty Lacquered Wooden Ear Cup

This rare survivor is a lacquered wooden "ear cup" (a food or wine vessel) from the early Western Han dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). The inner surface has been painted with a red lacquer on top of which are swirling geometric patterns in black, whereas the underside and the "ears" have been painted in a brown lacquer with lining details and further fine decoration in red. Length 14.5 cm. As can be seen from our images and as should of cours...

Rare Chinese Western Han Dynasty Lacquered Wooden Ear Cup

This rare survivor is a lacquered wooden "ear cup" (a food or wine vessel) from the early Western Han dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). The inner surface has been painted with a red lacquer on top of which are swirling geometric patterns in black, whereas the underside and the "ears" have been painted in a brown lacquer with lining details and further fine decoration in red. Length 14.5 cm. As can be seen from our images and as should of cours...

Rare Chinese Western Han Dynasty Lacquered Wooden Ear Cup

This rare survivor is a lacquered wooden "ear cup" (a food or wine vessel) from the early Western Han dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). The inner surface has been painted with a red lacquer on top of which are swirling geometric patterns in black, whereas the underside and the "ears" have been painted in a brown lacquer with lining details and further fine decoration in red. Length 14.5 cm. As can be seen from our images and as should of cours...

Rare Chinese Western Han Dynasty Lacquered Wooden Ear Cup

This rare survivor is a lacquered wooden "ear cup" (a food or wine vessel) from the early Western Han dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). The inner surface has been painted with a red lacquer on top of which are swirling geometric patterns in black, whereas the underside and the "ears" have been painted in a brown lacquer with lining details and further fine decoration in red. Length 14.25 cm. As can be seen from our images and as should of cour...

Rare Chinese Western Han Dynasty Lacquered Wooden Ear Cup

This rare survivor is a lacquered wooden "ear cup" (a food or wine vessel) from the early Western Han dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). The inner surface has been painted with a red lacquer on top of which are swirling geometric patterns in black, whereas the underside and the "ears" have been painted in a brown lacquer with lining details and further fine decoration in red. Length 14.5 cm. As can be seen from our images and as should of cou...

Chinese Bronze Dragon Head Belt Hook - Warring States to Han Dynasty

An item of personal adornment for the better-off person from the Warring States period to the Han Dynasty (475 BC - AD 220) was the bronze belt hook. These came in a variety of shapes and sizes.

This example is more elaborate than most with the hooked end in the form of the head of a dragon. The surface patina consisting mostly of malachite (green) but also traces of azurite (blue). No restoration or repair. Length 8.5...

Chinese Bronze Belt Hook - Warring States to Han Dynasty

An item of personal adornment for the better-off person from the Warring States period to the Han Dynasty (475 BC - AD 220) was the bronze belt hook. These came in a variety of shapes and sizes. The example we offer here is quite small with a length of 8 cm. Typical surface patina comprising malachite (green) and cuprite (brown). No restoration or repair.

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