Chinese Western Han Dynasty Painted Pottery Cocoon Jar (206 BC - AD 8)

This pottery "cocoon" jar was made some 2,000 years ago during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). It is made from a fine-grained grey pottery that is relatively highly-fired and has been decorated with various cold-painted coloured pigments in a design of swirling cloud patterns within vertical bands. The paint does not extend all around the jar - this is intentional, as though the painted decoration were intended t...

Rare Chinese Zhou Dynasty Pottery Pouring Vessel

This very rare pottery vessel was made between two and three thousand years ago during the Western Zhou period (11th century to 771 BC) or possibly the Eastern Zhou period (770 - 221 BC), most likely in Zhejiang province. It is of a very unusual form and is made from a high-fired earthenware that has an almost "metallic" sound to it when tapped. It is a pouring vessel with a wide body, a single handle with the thinly-potted wide neck fashioned...

Rare Chinese Neolithic Decorated Pottery Jar - Banshan Phase

This very rare and interesting pottery jar was made over 4,000 years ago during the Banshan Phase of the Majiayao culture (c. 2600 - 2300 BC) , from present day Gansu province. Banshan pottery is usually recognised as being finely burnished and elaborately painted, but more unusual vessels such as this were also made and are sometimes found alongside the painted vessels.

This jar is quite "heavily-potted" and made from quite a...

Rare Chinese Neolithic Xindian / Tangwang Pottery Jar

This very 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. This cup is of the Tangwang type, described by some as a separate culture, by others as part of the Xindian culture. It is quite heavily-potted with two large loop handles at the waist and a thinly-potted flared mouth....

Rare Chinese Neolithic Xindian / Tangwang Pottery Cup

This very rare grey pottery cup 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. This cup is of the Tangwang type, described by some as a separate culture, by others as part of the Xindian culture. It is quite heavily-potted and relatively highly-fired. The surface is smooth and it has a large...

Fine & Rare Chinese Western Han Dynasty Painted Pottery Attendant Figure

This fine quality pottery model of a court official or attendant was made over 2,000 years ago during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). It has been "cold painted" in a base coat of a creamy-white pigment with other coloured pigments on top. The figure stands alert with his hands clasped together beneath his robe. Note the detail of the clothing, the folds to the sleeves and to the rear, as well as the fine facial...

Fine & Rare Chinese Warring States Impressed Pottery Jar / Ewer

This fine rare pottery vessel was made during the Warring States period (475 - 221 BC) in Zhejiang province. It is of a particularly attractive form and made from a high-fired earthenware. It has a curved handle and a small appliqué on the opposite side giving it the form of a ewer, albeit without a spout. The upper body surface is very nicely decorated with repeated impressions giving it a woven mat pattern. Faint impressions ...

Rare Chinese Neolithic Three-Handled Pottery Jar - Caiyuan Culture

This very rare pottery jar was made over 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Caiyuan Culture (c. 2600 - 2200 BC) and comes from the Ningxia Autonomous Region in the north of China. It has an attractive form, is finely-potted and relatively highly-fired. The outer surface as well as that of the inner mouth have been burnished to a smooth finish. There are three loop handles spread equidistant around the body joining the low wais...

Small Chinese Neolithic Painted Pottery Jar - Machang (c. 2300 - 2000 BC)

This twin-handled 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 relatively highly-fired and made from a buff-coloured pottery. It has a wide body and two loop handles joined at the shoulder and rim. The outer surface and inner mouth have been decorated with geome...

The size of Scroll: 20 1/4” Wide x 73 1/4” Long. Image area size: 15 1/2” Wide x 46 3/4” Long. This is beautiful Japanese Bijin-Ga Scroll painting. The scroll has Japanese Bjin-Ga, Beautiful Japanese Girl design painted. It is painted on fine silk background. The condition of scroll is very good. Please note girl’s left eye lid area has mole like spot. The colors of girls Kimono is just beautiful with green colors. Please note two Jiku end, Scroll ends are new wooden parts. not origina...

Six-Panel Japanese Screen “Spring Landscape with Cherry Blossoms and Sparrows”

A refined six-panel folding screen depicting a tranquil spring landscape with blooming cherry blossoms, peonies, and sparrows fluttering over a gentle stream. The soft gold-leaf background contrasts elegantly with the natural motifs, creating depth and warmth.
Painted in mineral pigments and ink on paper, this screen captures the serene beauty of nature awakening in spring. The composition reflec...

Three case gold lacquer inro decorated tiger on one side and plants (bamboo) on the other side. Ojime is a glass bead. 3” x 2 ¼ ”

Early Edo Japanese carved and gilded wooden statue of Kannon (Guanyin) sitting in a lotus base, zushi, travelling case. Based on the elaborate crown, the figure is a Bodhisattva rather than a fully enlightened Buddha. The style of the statue, with its royal appearance, is often associated with figures like Bodhisattva of Compassion, or Dainichi Nyorai, the Cosmic Buddha. Zushi 10 ½ “ x 5 x 4 “ Kannon with its base 8” x 4 x 3 ½’ ”

19th C Japanese carved and gilded wooden statue of standing Amida Nyorai, also known as Amitābha Buddha in a zushi, travelling case. Behind Buddha is mandorla, or almond-shaped halo, behind the figure. The hand gesture, or mudra, of Amida Nyorai can symbolize the welcoming of a faithful devotee's soul at the time of death. The statue's head features tight curls, an ushnisha (a protuberance on the crown of the head). Buddha is in excellent original shape. A chip to the roof of the case. Zushi...

Song dynasty longquan celadon large dish good condition please see picture for detail size: 24 cm diameter.

Fine Japanese Lacquer Letter Box with Bamboo Design, Meiji–Taisho Period (19th–20th Century)

Elegant Japanese lacquer letter box decorated with graceful bamboo leaves in gold and vertical bamboo trunks rendered in a soft silvery tone against a deep black background.
The composition captures the serene beauty and strength symbolized by bamboo, a classic motif in Japanese aesthetics.
Dating from the late Meiji to early Taisho period (circa 1900–1920).
A refined exam...

Rare and very large Southern Song dynasty Chinese bronze mirror with Chinese Character marking HuZhou ZhenShijia NianErsu Zhaozi (Mirror made by ZhenShijia nian ersu from Huzhou) good condition please see picture for detail size: 18 cm diameter.

A spectacular bowl by Kato Keizan enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hakuji Seido Monyo Hachi. Sheer white on the inside, it has the faintest tinge of blue-green outside, incredibly elegant and sophisticated, a perfect example of the influence of Sinophilia on Japanese porcelain artists in the early 20th century. For more on that movement see the book: Kindred Spirits, 100 Japanese Ceramics in Chinese Tyle from the Shen Zhai collection, 2024. It is quite large at 28 cm (11 inche...