Fine Large Chinese Western Han Dynasty Painted Pottery Horse

This attractive and unusual pottery model of a horse was made over two thousand years ago during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). It is quite heavily-modelled and made from a dense pale grey pottery. The horse stands upright and alert, mouth open and ears pricked. The surface has been cold-painted in a pale reddish-brown pigment with additional decoration on top in a creamy-white pigment...

Fine LARGE Chinese Ming Dynasty Longquan Celadon Dish - Peony

This impressive and large example of Longquan celadon ware was made during the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644) at the Longquan kilns in Zhejiang province. It is coated in a crackled celadon glaze of very good colour. To the base within the foot ring the unglazed body has fired to a yellowish brown with also signs of the pale grey body...

Fine Large Chinese Song / Yuan Dynasty Glazed Pottery Buddhist Jar

This large and impressive pottery jar was made around the 13th / 14th century, during the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279), the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368) or possible the early part of the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644). Until recent years, this type of jar was almost unknown in the west with some people initially attributing them to the Liao Dynasty (same general period but in the north of China)...

Fine & Rare Large Chinese Warring States Impressed Pottery Jar with Birds

This impressive and very interesting pottery jar was made during the Warring States period (475 - 221 BC). It is made from a high-fired pottery, the surface colour of which varies in places from orange to a greyish-brown. The jar has a wide body, wide flat base and a wide mouth opening with a flared rim. The outer surface has been attractively-decorated with repeated impressions of two different geometric patterns...

Fine Rare TALL Chinese Liao Dynasty Stoneware Jar (AD 907 - 1125)

This rare stoneware jar was made during the Liao Dynasty (AD 907 - 1125). It is particularly "heavily-potted" and coated with a thick and uneven olive-green glaze, both inside and out. The upper surface of the small mouth as well as the flat base remain unglazed revealing the pale pinkish-brown body.

Height 47 cm (18.5 inches)...

Fine Chinese Neolithic / Bronze Age Xindian Culture Painted Pottery Jar

This 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...

Fine Chinese Neolithic / Bronze Age Xindian Culture Painted Pottery Jar

This 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...

Fine Rare Chinese Neolithic / Bronze Age Pottery Jar (Xindian)

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. It is fairly "heavily-potted" and quite highly-fired. The surface colour of the pottery varies considerably due to uneven conditions during the firing process...

Chinese Neolithic / Bronze Age Pottery Jar - Siwa Culture (c. 1350 BC)

This pottery jar dates to the Siwa culture (c. 1350 BC), one of the later Chinese Neolithic cultures overlapping the Bronze Age. It is quite "heavily-potted" and made from quite a "gritty" clay with small pieces of white grit visible in places. The surface colour varies, a result of uneven conditions during firing, from pale grey to orange...

Chinese Neolithic / Bronze Age Pottery Jar - Siwa Culture (c. 1350 BC)

This pottery jar dates to the Siwa culture (c. 1350 BC), one of the later Chinese Neolithic cultures overlapping the Bronze Age. It has quite a tall body for its type with a small flat circular base. The pottery is fairly highly-fired and the surface has fired to a verity of colours, mostly pale grey but also dark grey, yellowish-brown and almost orange...

Chinese necklace created by the well-known California jewelry artist, Pat Tseng. The necklace, skillfully made with yarn-stuffed hand-dyed silk tubing for a modern effect. Combined with traditional Chinese knot work to highlight special antique jade beads...

Japanese Meiji to Taisho period cylindrical wood hibachi with a relief design of butterflies above flowering grasses in lacquer and shell inlay. Original copper liner with nice old patina. 10 5/8"high x 10" diameter. Late 19th to early 19th century. Very good, solid overall condition with intact lacquer and inlay. There is typical wear and scratches to the wood.

Chinese Neolithic / Bronze Age Pottery Jar - Siwa Culture (c. 1350 BC)

This attractively-shaped pottery jar dates to the Siwa culture (c. 1350 BC), one of the later Chinese Neolithic cultures overlapping the Bronze Age. It has a wide body with a small flat circular base. There are two loop handles joining the shoulder to the mouth which is of the form sometimes referred to as "saddle-shaped".

Height 14.5 cm, diameter 15 cm. A presentable example but with minor damage to the vulnerable ...

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

This attractively-shaped pottery jar dates to the Siwa culture (c. 1350 BC), one of the later Chinese Neolithic cultures overlapping the Bronze Age. It has a wide body with a relatively small flat base. There are two loop handles joining the shoulder to the mouth which is of the form sometimes referred to as "saddle-shaped". It is quite highly-fired and the varying surface colours (mostly grey, but also some orange to the mouth) are ...

Rare Chinese Neolithic Twin-Handled Pottery Jar - Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC)

This very attractive twin-handled pottery jar was made around 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Neolithic Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC), from what is now eastern Gansu province, China. It is particularly "thinly-potted" made from a pale creamy-orange coloured pottery, the colour of which varies a little in places, that is quite highly-fired, having an almost metallic ring to it when tapped. Its form is m...

A Chinese Fencai (Famille Rose) “Rooster and Cockerel” Octagonal Dish. Circa, 18th Century, Yongzheng-Qianlong Period, Qing Dynasty. This exquisite Chinese porcelain dish showcases a harmonious scene at its center, depicting a Rooster and chicks nestled among rockwork and blooming peony branches. These elements symbolize prosperity, harmony, and family. The designs are masterfully rendered in the famille rose (fencai) palette, featuring delicate hues of pink, yellow, green, blue, black, ...

Chinese Neolithic Twin-Handled Pottery Jar - Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC)

This twin-handled pottery jar was made around 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Neolithic Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC), from what is now eastern Gansu province, China. It is made from a pale buff-coloured pottery, the colour of which varies a little in places, that is quite highly-fired. The surface colour is more "creamy" than many other similar examples and the form a little more "precise". The surface burn...

Rare Chinese Neolithic Three-Handled Jar - Qijia Culture

This very rare pottery jar was made around 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Neolithic Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC), from what is now eastern Gansu province, China. They produced a variety of pottery vessels including cord-impressed pottery of many shapes and sizes as well as a variety of finer vessels such as this, with none, one, two or three handles, although those with three handles are by far the rarest. It is relatively high...