Fine Chinese Western Han Dynasty Painted Pottery Jar (Dragon)

This exceptional painted pottery jar was made over two thousand years ago during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8)...

19th Century Chinese Export Blue and White 'Bleu de Hue' Bowl with Phoenix Marked

It is 2.4 inches (6.2 cm) tall by 4.7 inches (12 cm) wide. It is 0.5 lb.

It has firing dark spots, hairline cracks, surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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TALL Chinese Western Han Dynasty Painted Pottery Jar with Cover (206 BC - AD 8)

This superbly-shaped pottery jar with its wide body and long narrow neck was made over two thousand years ago during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). It is made from quite a highly-fired fine-grained grey pottery that has been "cold-painted" in various different coloured pigments, the decoration comprising swirling (cloud?) and geometric patterns...

Fine LARGE Chinese Western Han Dynasty Glazed Stoneware Jar (206 BC - AD 8)

This large and impressive stoneware jar, of the type often referred to as "proto-porcelain", dates to the latter part of the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). The upper body, and inner mouth, are coated with an attractive olive-green glaze that is very finely-crackled. The unglazed neck and lower body have fired to varying shades of reddish-brown. To the upper and lower neck are bands of incised wavy lines...

LARGE Chinese Western Han Dynasty Pottery Hu Jar

This large and imposing jar, of "hu" form, was made over two thousand years ago during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). It is quite "heavily-potted" and made from a fairly high-fired grey pottery. It has a particularly wide body with a relatively short neck that flares out into a wide mouth, and quite a large foot. There are three raised bands of decoration surrounding its wide body...

Fine Chinese Song / Yuan Dynasty Qingbai Glazed Porcelain Cup / Bowl with Moulded Character

This fine small porcelain bowl, or cup, with flared mouth and wide flat base, was made during the 13th / 14th Century (Song / Yuan Dynasty). The porcelain body is particularly translucent and it has been coated in a pale glossy qingbai type of glaze. The inner surface and base remain unglazed revealing the pale creamy-cloured body...

Chinese Song / Yuan Dynasty Qingbai Glazed Porcelain Cup / Bowl

This rare small porcelain bowl, or cup, with flared mouth and wide flat base, was made during the 13th / 14th Century (Song / Yuan Dynasty). The porcelain body is particularly translucent and it has been coated in a pale qingbai type of glaze. The inner surface and base remain unglazed revealing the pale body.

Interestingly, there is a moulded Chinese character to the unglazed base.

Diameter 6.5 cm, height 3 cm...

Chinese Song / Yuan Dynasty Qingbai Glazed Porcelain Cup / Bowl

This rare small porcelain bowl, or cup, with flared mouth and wide flat base, was made during the 13th / 14th Century (Song / Yuan Dynasty). The porcelain body is particularly translucent and it has been coated in a pale qingbai type of glaze. The inner surface and base remain unglazed revealing the pale body.

Diameter 6.75 cm, height 3.25 cm...

Chinese Song / Yuan Dynasty Qingbai Glazed Porcelain Cup / Bowl

This rare small porcelain bowl, or cup, with flared mouth and wide flat base, was made during the 13th / 14th Century (Song / Yuan Dynasty). The porcelain body is particularly translucent and it has been coated in a very pale qingbai type of glaze. The inner surface and base remain unglazed revealing the pale creamy-coloured body...

Round hard-paste porcelain dish glazed with a decoration of lotus flowers, Shou characters, bats, scrolls, and emblems in pale turquoise and gold tones, standing out against a beautiful blue background. The rim is covered with a thick layer of gold, which, due to its thickness, has resisted wear very well over time. No mark, but excellent quality. Chinese work from the late Qing dynasty. Good condition. 235mm

A Chinese Hand~Warmer, 18th century.

Companion to the Chinese scholar and essential in Winter. A rectangular casket, with rounded corners, forms the container for smoldering charcoal, the pierced lid lets the heat out but no flames. This form of warmer is not uncommon but generally others are found made from thin, lightweight material and as such suffer all kinds of damage from use...

Fine Chinese Neolithic Machang Painted Pottery Jar (Published)

This rare 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.

It is quite thinly-potted and very well-proportioned. It has a wide globular body with quite a tall narrow neck that, unusually, bulges out slightly at its mid-point...

Chinese Neolithic Qijia Culture Cord-Impressed Pottery Jar (4,000 Years Old)

This unusual pottery jar was made some 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Neolithic Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC), in the north of China, what is now eastern Gansu province. They produced a variety of pottery vessels including cord-impressed pottery of many shapes and sizes...

Fine Chinese Song / Yuan Dynasty Buddhist Pottery Zodiac Jar

This interesting pottery jar was made during the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279), or possibly the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368) and has been been excavated from a Buddhist site in Yunnan province. It is made from a fairly high-fired pale grey pottery.

Strips of clay have been applied to the outer wall to form four lotus leaf panels. Within each panel are three circular appliqués of zodiac animals making a total of twelve. Above ...

Fine & Rare Chinese Neolithic Pottery Jar - Caiyuan Culture

This fine and attractively-shaped pottery jar was made over 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Caiyuan Culture (c. 2600 - 2200 BC) and has been excavated from the Ningxia Autonomous Region in the north of China. It is finely-potted, relatively highly-fired and has a smooth burnished surface. It has a wide body that tapers down to a relatively small base and one sturdy handle from the waist to the mouth edge. The upper surface has bee...

Very Rare Chinese Western Han Dynasty Red & Brown Lacquer Dish with Inscription

This rare survivor is a lacquered wooden dish from the early Western Han dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). Its wooden core has been coated in brown and red lacquer with additional decoration comprising lines, bands, swirls and geometric patterns on top in red and black lacquer.

Possibly the most interesting feature, however, are the two Chinese characters in paler lacquer that read "official" and the surname "Lee" sh...

Chinese Cultural Revolution Turquoise Carved Ethnic Minorities Girl Figurine

It is 4.7 inches (12.5 cm) tall without stand by 3 inches (7.6 cm) wide. It is 251.8 gram.

It has chips, surface wear and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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1900's Chinese Famille Rose Covered Bowl with Poem and Flower Marked

It is 8.7 inches (22 cm) tall by 7.6 inches (19.25 cm) wide. It is 4.3 Lb.

It has minor rubbing paint, skip glaze and surface wear (as seen in the photos).

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