Rare Chinese Ming Dynasty Blue & White Porcelain Dish - Deer & Monkey with Mark

This rare and unusual blue & white porcelain dish was made around the time of the Wanli reign (1573 - 1620) of the Ming Dynasty. The pattern, in underglaze blue, is very unusual, featuring a deer and a monkey within a garden that also contains a peach, a flying insect and a bird in flight. The deer represents longevity, the monkey to keep away bad spirits...

Rare Large Chinese Ming Dynasty Glazed Buddhist Pottery Zodiac Jar

This large and rare pottery jar was made around the 14th to 15th century, during the early part of the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644). It comes from Yunnan province, at the time an isolated part of China with its own distinctive type of pottery, very little of which has been documented in the West. It is made from a red pottery and decorated with various moulded Buddhist motifs...

This hard-paste porcelain service is decorated with figures, deities, immortals, and dignitaries, each recognizable by their respective attributes. Gilded details complete the set. The nine pieces, each with a different shape, are contained in their original box, which is exceptional, and all are in perfect condition. The box is made of beautifully veined wooden planks, joined with dovetail joints. This is a very rare set. Dimensions: 300 x 300 x 85 mm...

A rare pattern Chinese Kosometsuke dish from the Tianqi period 1621-27 depicting two sages playing 'Go' in a landscape scene. The condition is not good as can be seen in the photos. Not only has a piece been 'repaired' at the rim but there is also extensive fritting around the edge...

A really interesting Chinese Ming Cizhou vase of an unusual shape with large areas of underdeveloped Hare's Fur decoration splashed across the broad shoulders. The vase appears to be coated with white slip beneath the otherwise black glaze which is clearly seen over and within the foot-rim. The interior of the foot is marked with three characters in ink. It is in perfect condition but has one firing fault below the mouth. It stands around 20cms. (8inches) in height and 16cms...

Rare Southern Song dynasty longquan celadon washer bowl with good green glaze, good condition no damage no chip no crack no restoration high ping sound with finger tip please see picture for detail, size: 12.5 cm diameter.

Rare Southern Song dynasty longquan celadon washer bowl with good green glaze, good condition no damage no chip no crack no restoration high ping sound with finger tip please see picture for detail, size: 12.5 cm diameter.

Rare Southern Song dynasty longquan celadon washer bowl with good green glaze, good condition no damage no chip no crack no restoration high ping sound with finger tip please see picture for detail, size: 13 cm diameter.

Rare Chinese Tang Dynasty Changsha Glazed Stoneware Bowl

This rare decorated glazed stoneware bowl was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906) at the Changsha kilns, Hunan province, generally accepted to be the first kilns to produce underglaze polychrome decorated ceramics. The attractive abstract floral design is in brown and green with both inner and outer surfaces coated in quite a thick translucent greenish glaze that is finely-crackled...

Fine & Rare Chinese Tang Dynasty Changsha Glazed Stoneware Ewer

This rare stoneware ewer was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906) at the Changsha kilns, Hunan province, generally accepted to be the first kilns to produce underglaze polychrome decorated ceramics. The outer body and inner neck are coated in quite a thick pale greenish-grey glaze. On either side of the lower body there are abstract patterns in a streaky greenish-blue glaze. The glaze is finely-crackled...

Large & Rare Chinese Song / Yuan Dynasty Pottery Buddhist Jar

This rare pottery jar, complete with its original cover, was made in the 12th / 13th century during the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279), or possibly the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368) and comes from a Buddhist site in Yunnan province.

It is made from a buff-coloured pottery and is of globular form standing on an integral foot. Both cover and jar are elaborately decorated with "pie crust" bands and incised patterns...

Chinese Song / Jin Dynasty Cizhou Type Incised Pottery Pillow

This large pottery pillow was made around the 12th to 14th century during either the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279) or the Jin Dynasty (AD 1115 - 1234). The upper surface has been decorated with an incised floral pattern, most likely lotus blossom and leaves, within a multi-banded border. The body has been coated in a white slip with the upper surface then coated in a green glaze that is finely-crackled...

A finely potted Chinese earthenware storage jar, Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD), with a well-proportioned globular body, short collar mouth, and subtle incised decoration encircling the shoulder. The clay fires to a tan/buff tone with areas of darker surface bloom and earthen deposits, consistent with age and long burial. Measures approximately 8.5" H x 9.75" diameter...

A Chinese Famille Verte Dish .The petal moulded dish decorated with two birds One perched the other in flight among flowering prunus. Within a border of floral sprays and butterflies on a seeded green enamel ground. Kangxi 17/18thC. Diameter; 8 7/16" (21.4 cm). Condition; very minor frits

Rare Tall Chinese Tang Dynasty Stoneware Dragon Jar

This very rare and unusual stoneware vessel was made during the latter part of the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). It is made from an unglazed reddish-grey stoneware and has a cylindrical body with a narrow neck that flares out into a cup-shaped mouth. It has been elaborately decorated: at its waist are two "skirts" that surround the body above which are many appliqués in the form of birds and what appear to be snakes or serpents...

Rare Chinese Song Dynasty Inscribed Qingbai Porcelain Granary Jar

This rare and unusual porcelain model of a granary was made during the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279). It is quite "heavily-potted" and coated in a thick qingbai type of glaze. The body has a cut-out window in its side and it surmounted by a representation of a tiled roof. Its most interesting feature, however, is the incised decoration. The surface of the body has been separated, by incised lines, into four panels. Three of the...

Rare Chinese Song Dynasty Glazed Pottery Figure

This very rare pottery model of a seated figure, reported to have come from Sichuan province, was made during the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279). It is quite highly-fired and made from a red pottery that has been coated in white slip on top of which has been applied a transparent glaze with splashes of amber glaze in places. The figure itself seems slightly emaciated under his volumous robes and possibly represents a monk.

Height 19.5 cm (7.5...

A Chinese Blanc de Chine figure of Budai. The seated figure with a jovial expression holding a sceptre in one hand and leaning against his cloth sack. Kangxi 1622-1722. Height; 3 1/2" (8.8 cm). Condition; chip to base at rear and a firing flaw to head of sceptre with some staining. See Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden No. PO 8568 for a similar figure