Brush washer from Song Dynasty producing Guan Kiln style crackle, finely potted for official use.

Very fine perfect brush waher with guan type ice crackle

This is a fine lotus type longquan brush washer from Southern Song Dynasty with the nice crackle. Perfect condition

A Jian black-glazed 'hares-fur' teabowl, Song Dynasty (960-1279). Height: 7.5 cm Width / Diameter: 13 cm

Chinese heavily potted late Qing dynasty Shiwan (Shekwan) earthenware globular form bud vase with small cylindrical mouth covered overall with a thick, Song dynasty style Jun-type glaze that stops well above the concave base. Circa late 19th to early 20th century. 4 ½” high x 4 ½” diameter. Very good overall condition. There is a light scratch or production flaw in the body at the base (see enlargements 4 and 8)...

A Chinese purple-splashed lavender-blue glazed bowl, Jun kilns, Jin Dynasty 1115-1234AD Height: 6.8 cm Width / Diameter: 13.5 cm

A Chinese 'Longquan' kiln celadon-glazed arrow vase, probably Yuan/Ming Dynasty. Height: 15 cm Width / Diameter: 7.7 cm

A Qing period flambe Blue glaze zun vase in archaic form with two mask face.

This is said to be a Guan type brush washer of Southern Sung period, probably from Guan Kiln as the paste is more porous.

Three small so-called Kitchen Qing jars with under-glaze blue decoration of sweet pea vines and flowers. Probably used as medicine bottles, 19th century. Height "2 – 2¼/ 5,3 – 6,1 cm. Condition: fine.

Just simply stunning, this beautiful Chinese Asian celadon vase dates to the 14th century, it is in perfect shape save a small piece of broken shard that attached itself when some other vessel exploded in the kiln. Other than that, no cracks, hairlines, or other damage is found. Notice the comb lines and well potted sleek. Measures 4 inches high and about 2.5" at widest.

Chinese Song dynasty chrysanthemum form bowl with moulded radial grooves emanating from a circular center. The bowl is covered overall with an unusual glaze (possibly qingbai or celadon with significant burial adhesions) that stops well above the unglazed knife cut low foot. 4” diameter x 1 ½” high. Very good overall condition. The tiny areas at the rim where the glaze does not cover the body could be from the original production...

Rare Chinese Martavan. A martavan is a large stoneware or highly fired earthenware storage jars. Martavans were made by the Chinese in the ports of Maraban and Burma to ship goods to India and the near east. Their primary function was to store goods for shipment. Martavans were also used to store tuak, rice wine...

An Yixing stoneware teapot bearing a rare seal "Li Bang Shui Ji" - which might be a retailers mark. There is a single hole inside the spout. This item was made in China during the Qing dynasty (1644-1908),possibly during the reign of either the Jiaqing or Daoguang emperors (1796-1850). Condition - good - no damages and no restoration...

Rare and unusual stoneware censer with brown Cizhou glaze. China, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Diameter 13,5 cm, H. 8 cm. Condition: excellent.

A good and rare celadon dish with beautifully crackled to whole body. Southern Song dynasty 11th-12th Longquan ware imitating to Guan type. Condition is very good except three minor tiny chips and misfired to an area on back side, no crack and free from any restoration. Diameter: 21.2 cm.

Large Chinese Jin dynasty (1125-1234) Henan globular form stoneware jar with a high neck decorated on opposite sides of the shoulder with two appliqué dragons running around the circumference of the horizontally ribbed body. The interior is fully glazed and the exterior glaze stops well above the unglazed base. The rich black/brown glaze, referred to as “temmoku” by the Japanese, is permeated with russet accents. 7 3/4" high x 9" diameter.

From our Early Chinese Collection, a large and magnificent Southern Song Dynasty qingbai funerary urn (960 - 1279 AD). Based upon published and nearly identical examples dated to 1209 AD, we can probably safely date this piece closer to circa 1190 - 1230 AD...