A Chinese Qingbai-Glazed Jar with Iron-Spots. Circa, 14th Century, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, Yuan Dynasty. Found in the Philippines. Globular jar tapering to its shoulders and feet and is covered overall in a green-white glaze, adorned with iron-spots. Measurements: height (7cm), diameter (10cm) across...

A Chinese Fujian Lead-Glazed Censer. Circa, 13th-14th Century, Cizao Kilns, Late Southern Song-Yuan Dynasty. Found in the Philippines. The Cizao kilns produced green-glazed wares, brown wares, and black wares. Cizao wares come in green, ochre, and yellow lead glazes with coarse clay bodies. The vessel was slipped before the glaze was applied. Lead-glazed ware is the most innovative product of Cizao kiln...

Fine & Rare Chinese Western Zhou Dynasty Pottery Jar

This very rare jar was made during the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046 - 771 BC). It is made from a hard high-fired pale pottery. It has a wide body with a slightly rounded base, quite a large neck that splays outwards and two wide loop handles joined at the shoulder and just below the rim edge...

Fine Large Chinese Warring States Impressed Pottery Jar with Oxford TL Test (475 - 221 BC)

This very rare large and impressive pottery jar was made during the Warring States period (475 - 221 BC). It is made from a hard high-fired pottery. The body widens as it goes up from the base to a horizontal shoulder and then into quite a wide but short neck with a flared mouth...

Rare Tall Chinese Warring States Impressed Pottery Jar (475 - 221 BC)

This very rare large and impressive pottery jar was made during the Warring States period (475 - 221 BC). It is "heavily-potted" and made from a hard high-fired pottery. The body is topped with a fairly wide and tall neck, its cylindrical form then tapering inwards towards the flat base...

Large Chinese Warring States Impressed Pottery jar (475 - 221 BC)

This large pottery jar was made during the Warring States period (475 - 221 BC). It is made from a high-fired pale orange-brown pottery, the surface colour of which varies in places. It is of globular form with quite a wide mouth. The whole outer surface has been decorated with repeated impressed geometric patterns comprising vertical and horizontal lines.

Diameter 39 cm (15.25 inches), height 33 cm (13 inches)...

Good bronze bell from the Vietnamese Bronze Age, late Dongson Culture- Dong Khoi phase, circa 600 BCE-200CE. No breakage or repair comes with simple perspex stand. H: 9.6mm/3.8in and base W: 7.3cm/2.8in. Free shipping

Superbly cast bronze belt hook with a finely detailed dragon head at its top with gold and silver eyes, ears and nose, and with gold and silver inlaid geometric designs on the rest of the body. A knob at the back for attachment to a belt. Nice reddish green age patina, partly encrusted. China, Warring States period. Height: 10.5 cm. Very good condition. Provenance: acquired in 1987 from a reputed Paris dealer specialising in Asian antiques...

A Chinese Qingbai Glazed Ewer with a Dish Mouth. Circa, 960-1279, Song Dynasty. Found in the Philippines. Featuring an ovoid shaped body, tapering to its shoulders with two lug handles and a short curved spout, opposite a straight strap handle onto a short waisted neck, supporting a cupped mouth with a slightly flanged rim...

Two boxes with 18 black and gold decorated moulded ink sticks showing the 18 Lohans. Boxes 29x20 cm. All sticks in excellent condition, no cracks or chips. Undated, estimated to be early 20th century. Can be seen in central London and shipped worldwide.

A Chinese Celadon Glazed Stem-Cup. Circa, 14th Century, Yuan Dynasty. Found in the Philippines. Featuring rounded walls, rising to a slightly everted rim and is supported by a long waisted foot. It is covered overall in a green celadon glaze, except for the foot-ring. Measurements: height (4"inches), diameter (4.8"inches) across. Condition: perfect condition. No repairs...

Found in the Philippines. Featuring a circular body, resting on a short straight foot and is decorated with a carved central floral spray, adorned with combed lines. The box is covered overall in a pale green celadon glaze, except for its base, which is left fully unglazed and partially burnt to red. Measurements: diameter (3.9"inches) across. Condition: in perfect condition...

Nice Han pottery jar with traces of original reddish pigment, lovely shape with wide flaring mouthrim, please note the mouthrim has been repaired-highlighted in enlargements. H: 28cm/11in x D: 26cm/10.2in

A Chinese White Glazed Water-Dropper with Pigeon. Circa 12th-14th Century, Song-Yuan Dynasty. Found in the Philippines. This water-dropper features a qingbai-type glaze that covers its entire body and stops short of its foot. Two loop handles sit on its shoulders and its neck is decorated with carved circles. A figure of a pigeon rests on top of the vessel and its base remains unglazed. This vessel was probably used by scholars for pouring water to wet ink, used for calligraphy. Measur...

Found in the Philippines. This vase features a six-sided ribbed body with a qingbai type glaze. The vase sits on top of a stand with a caged and pierced design which is integral to the vase. Similar examples of vases with different designs that are integrated into their stands can be seen in the book “Chinese and South-East Asian White Ware Found in the Philippines” by: The Oriental Ceramic Society of the Philippines, on page 108; exhibit 109 and 110. Measurements: H 6.10”inches (15...

Rare Chinese Han Dynasty Glazed Pottery Hill Jar (Tigers, Stags, Horsemen)

This rare and unusual pottery vessel, the type known as a "hill jar", was made during the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25 - 220). It is made from a relatively high-fired reddish pottery that has been coated in a green glaze, the colour of which varies according its thickness.

Although many examples of "hill jars" are known, this particular example is unusually decorated. The cover depicts various peaks in between whic...

Fine LARGE Chinese Han Dynasty Burnished Pottery Cocoon Jar

This wonderfully-shaped pottery jar was made during the early part of the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8) or possibly as early as the Qin Dynasty (221 - 206 BC). This type of jar is often referred to as a "cocoon jar" due to the shape of its body. This unusually large example has a particularly pleasing form.

Its function was that of a grain storage jar. It is quite "heavily-potted", relatively highly-fired and decorated w...

Fine Chinese Western Han Dynasty Painted Pottery Ding Tripod

This pottery tripod vessel, or "ding", was made during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). It is made from a grey pottery, relatively highly-fired, both body and cover having a distinct ring when tapped. The body stands on three sturdy integral feet. On opposite sides at the waist are two square-cut handles. The top of the cover has a protruding ring that allows it to be turned upside-down and used as a bowl. Both cover and bo...