This fine "Kraak" blue & white porcelain dish was made during the Wanli Reign (1573 - 1620) of the Ming Dynasty at the Jingdezhen kilns. The pattern features a vessel with a display of plants surrounded by auspicious symbols. The underside is more simply decorated. It has a foliate rim that is covered and protected by a thin fitted metal band. ...click for details

This large pottery model of a camel was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). It is made from a pinkish-coloured pottery that has been "cold painted" in various coloured pigments. On its back is a decorated blanket, with holes for the humps, each hump leaning slightly in opposite directions! The camel stands alert with its head raised upwards. ...click for details

This large pottery model of a camel was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). It is made from a buff-coloured pottery that has been "cold painted" in various coloured pigments, good traces of which remain. The camels stands alert with its head turned to the left and its tail tucked into its back. ...click for details

We recently acquired several examples of export armorial porcelain made around 1725 during the Yongzheng reign (1723 - 1735) of the Qing Dynasty, from the private collection of the Godfrey family who live locally, direct family descendants of Peter Godfrey, who later became chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company in 1759. It is understood th ...click for details

This fine and elegant pottery model of a saddled horse was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). It has been "cold painted" after firing in various coloured pigments. The horse stands alert with its head turned slightly to the left. There is a groove down its neck where originally we believe real horse hair would have been placed to represent its man ...click for details

Height 27.5 cm. In view ...click for details

This rare and outstanding pair of painted pottery girls was made over 2,000 years ago during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220), more specifically, the 2nd century BC. They are made from a dense fine-grained grey pottery and were "cold painted" after firing. It is believed that such figures originally had wooden articulated arms that have, of ...click for details

This impressive stoneware jar (of the type often referred to as "proto-porcelain") was made some 2,000 years ago during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). The upper surface and mouth are decorated in a finely crackled olive green glaze. The raised bands around the shoulder serve not only as decoration but stop the glaze from running. On many known examp ...click for details