Fine & Very Rare Unusual Chinese Han Dynasty Pottery Amphora

A superbly conceived design; jars of this general type have been found in excavations dating as far back as the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC)...

Chinese hard-paste porcelain teapot, decorated with famille rose enamels in the typical Canton style, featuring palace scenes in cartouches alternating with flowers and birds. The Canton style was created in China for export to Europe around 1850. This style has persisted to the present day, with the quality of the enamels and designs gradually declining. This teapot is from the prime production period, the second half of the 19th century...

Hardwood table.Hongmu or zitan. Qing Dynasty China. Small table with a drawer and a middle top. The sides and front of the drawer are carved with flowering branches and birds in high relief. The tenon and mortise assembly is robust, the tenons are visible which is a particularity in China of very old furniture. The very hard and dense wood has a very fine grain, it is abnormally heavy. Its color is dark red-brown, almost black in places, it could be purple sandalwood called Zitan by the Chinese...

Vintage Chinese 14K Gold Pink Tourmaline Rubellite Carved Bead Necklace

It is 16.9 inches (43 cm) in inner circumference. The beads range from 3.4 mm to 10.6 mm wide. The total weight is 34.6 gram.

Some of the beads have inclusions and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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Late 19th Century Chinese Famille Rose Vase with Figures

It is 9.75 inches (24.7 cm) tall by 4 inches (10.2 cm) wide. It is 1.25 lb.

It has firing dark spots, firing cracks, skip glazes, and rubbing of gold and paint (as seen in the photos).

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Fine & Rare Chinese Yuan Dynasty Black Pottery Male Groom Figure

This fine pottery figure was made during the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368). It is made from a dark grey/black pottery that is quite highly-fired. The figure represents a young male groom. He wears a long-sleeved robe and stands with his right arm across his chest, his left arm and hand extended...

1900's Chinese Amber Carved Buddha's Hand Citron Snuff Bottle

It is 2 inches (5 cm) tall by 1.7 inches (4.25 cm) wide. It is 27.9 gram.

It has inclusions, chips, missing stopper and surface wears (as seen in the photos).

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Fine & Rare Chinese Yuan Dynasty Black Pottery Male Groom Figure

This fine pottery figure was made during the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368). It is made from a dark grey/black pottery that is quite highly-fired. The figure represents a young male groom. He wears a long-sleeved robe and stands with his left arm across his chest, his right arm and hand extended as though holding something, possible the reins of a horse...

A fine Qing dynasty carved white pale celadon jade belt hook with a dragon's head having bulging eyes and a sinuous chilong, the underside with an oval disk for attachment. Mounted with a painted enamel copper cup, marked "China". Condition: few traces of usage, few tiny losses to enamel. Dimension: total length c. 16.8 cm, jade hook length: c. 10.5 cm.

Chinese coffer table with classic northern provincial styling, featuring a clean rectangular form, overhanging top, and two drawers with butterfly-form brass drawer pulls...

Song dynasty longquan celadon large tripod censer with flower motif, good condition with part of the body has been restored, please see picture for detail size: 13.5 cm diameter, 8.5 cm height.

Fine 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. Its function was that of a grain storage jar.

It is quite "heavily-potted" and has a lovely smooth burnished surface, very pleasing to the touch...

Fine Large Chinese Neolithic Banshan Phase Painted Pottery Jar - (Ex. Christie's 1997)

This large pottery jar was made over 4,000 years ago during the Banshan Phase (c.2600 - 2300 BC) of the Majiayao culture, also known as the Gansu-Yangshao culture, from present day Gansu or Qinghai province. It is made from a pale reddish pottery that is quite thinly potted with a smooth burnished surface and is relatively highly-fired...

FINE & Rare Chinese Neolithic Machang Painted Pottery Jar

This fine pottery jar of an unusual form was made over 4,000 years ago during the Machang Phase (c. 2300 - 2000 BC) of the Majiayao culture, also known as the Gansu-Yangshao culture, from present day Gansu or Qinghai province...

Very Rare Chinese Neolithic Painted Pottery Jar - Machang

This pottery jar was made over 4,000 years ago during the Machang Phase (c. 2300 - 2000 BC) of the Majiayao culture, also known as the Gansu-Yangshao culture, from present day Gansu or Qinghai province. It is made from a fairly high-fired pale pottery and is of a very unusual and rare form with its wide body, small unflared mouth, no handles and four pairs of purpose-made holes around its shoulder. These holes were clearly made whilst...

Fine Chinese Northern Song Dynasty Qingbai Porcelain Dish in Kiln Saggar

A rare opportunity to acquire a Northern Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1127) kiln saggar still containing its Qingbai porcelain dish, excavated from a kiln site in the Jingdezhen area of Jiangxi province. This is one of a variety of different Qingbai porcelain wares in saggars, mostly bowls and dishes of varying sizes and patterns, that we were very lucky to be able to acquire several years ago.

Northern Song Dynasty Qin...

Originally $250. price reduced to $250. Quirky set of Tibetan tools/utensils in copper and shagreen sheath. The blades and other bits are good quality steel with good bone handles. Possibly a surgeons or dentists set, I honestly don’t know- there are no chopsticks or forks, as is typical, so I don’t think these were used for eating. The knife has a good edge, this will clean up with a bit of baking powder and effort. All pieces in good condition and functional. Old circa 19th CE. See scale...

Large Chinese 18th Century Blue & White Porcelain Dish

This lovely porcelain dish was made during the Qianlong reign (1736 - 1795) of the Qing dynasty. It is very nicely decorated in underglaze blue of good colour. The main pattern features a flowering prunus tree beside water on which are two rather large and unusual waterfowl. The wide rim is also very nicely decorated with various flower blossoms arranged around six small panels each containing a different scene.

The prunus is the emb...