This superb tall pottery vessel was made some 4,000 years ago by people of the Xiajiadian culture (c. 2300 - 1600 BC) from Inner Mongolia. This vessel is particularly characteristic of this Neolithic culture with its wide rim, partly hollow udder-shaped legs and carefully constructed body. The surface has fir ...click for details

Most Ming Dynasty Swatow ware is de ...click for details

This fine porcelain bowl was made during the latter part of the Wanli reign (1573 - 1620) of the Ming Dynasty. It is of the type sometimes referred to as a "crowcup" as it is relatively tall for its diameter with the central design featuring a bird perched on a rock. This is a moulded bowl and particularly fine with a thin ...click for details

This fine and impressive blue and white porcelain square bottle was made, for export, during the Wanli reign (1573 - 1620) of the Ming Dynasty, or possibly slightly later during the Transitional period, at the Jingdezhen kilns and has many characteristics of " Kraak" porcelain. The four flat surface ...click for details

This small round neckless jar was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). It is made from a creamy-white pottery, the upper surface having been coated with three-colour ("sancai") glazes, green, brown and white. The glazes are very finely-crackled and the colours vary according to the thickness and interaction of the glazes. The glaze on the top ...click for details

A rare opportunity to acquire a kiln saggar from a firing of a kiln in Fujian province during the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279) still containing what would have been a fine example of a hare's fur bowl. Such bowls were fired in saggars (the fireproof clay case) that were stacked on top of each other in the kiln. Firing in kilns was then, of course, not the exa ...click for details

This rare stoneware jar, together with its original cover, was made during the 14th - 15th century at the Sawankhalok kilns. It has carved vertical ribs and a cone-shaped ridged cover. This jar was excavated from a site in Cambodia. Sadly much of the original pale blue iridescent glaze has been lost through long burial, but the colour of the glaze can still be seen in t ...click for details

These eight bronze cups, or pouring vessels, were made during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). They are of very fine quality, the bronze being polished and particularly thin. They are a graduated set and fit perfectly within each other. The inner surface of each has been painted in a red pigment. On the surface in places are green ...click for details

This fine pottery vessel 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 finely-burnished jars. Vessels such as this with a partially covered top ...click for details