Rare pair of three legged, brown glazed pottery barbeque grills. The Han Dynasty was unique in making replicas for cooking in the afterlife. These two pieces are in excellent condition with very minor fritting and no damage; please note that there is still a bit of the original soil it was excavated in stuck to the surface, with a bit of patience this can be cleaned off. The food items on the grill are cicadas and fish...
Authentic detailed Tang Horse Groom of a foreigner.There is still a lot of pigment still remaining on the surface and a very detail casting of the face of the groom. This comes from a collection excavated in 1998. See last photo.
Size: H.49cm. W. 15cm.
Condition: No repairs.
Mixed Chinese yixing zisha serving set dishes. Good condition.
Chinese Ming Dynasty Glazed Pottery Chest (16th Century)
A pottery model of a hinged chest made during the 16th century (c.1550 - 1600). Made from a hard creamy-white pottery and coated in green and golden-yellow glazes that have, in places, acquired a silvery iridescence, a result of very long exposure to moisture.
Length 14 cm, height 11 cm. "Calcified" burial deposits in places and a couple of small chips at the corners. No sign of restoration or repair...
RIVER FIND!
SONG DYNASTY (960-1279) Globular mini Vase with neck and beautiful Chocolate Brown Glaze. Size: height 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" diameter(~ 6 cm x 6 cm). Good condition, no cracks nor hairlines.
1900's Chinese Pewter Encased Yixing Teapot with Jade Handle, Finial, Spout Marked & Signed
It is 4 inches (10.1 cm) tall by 6.5 inches (16.5 cm) in length. It is 1.2 Lb.
The teapot is tarnished and has stains, dents, and surface wears and scratches. The yixing has stains, chips, cracks, and surface wears and scratches. The jade carvings have small and flea bite chips, stains, inclusions, and surface wears and scratches...
Chinese yixing cup.19th-20th century.good conditions.7cm diameter.4,5cm high.
Green glazed red brown terracotta pot perhaps an funerary urn.There must have been a conical lid that was lost.The pot is probably decorated in molds with scenes of mythological animals, dragons, tigers, chilong. Three small bear-shaped feet support the whole...
Small well shaped Tang Dynasty Jarlet with a mottled yellowish glaze. High resolution images on request.
Chinese Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Horse (AD 618 - 906)
This attractive pottery model of a horse was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). It is made from a buff-coloured pottery that has been "cold painted" in white and reddish-brown pigments. This horse is well-modelled and stands upright and alert.
Height 23 cm (9 inches)...
Wonderful, large ancient Chinese ceramic jar, round shape, stands on three small feet, beautiful blue green glaze has become iridescent with time, dramatic drips
Han Dynasty (206 B.C. - A.D. 220)
Size: 10" high x 12 1/2" wide.
Size : 16cm wide, 7cm high. Teapot in good conditions.
Chinese dark brown clay yixing teapot. with mark at the base. 17cm wide.12cm high. Good condition with small chipped at inside the lid.
Guangxu sealmark and period, 1874-1908
This orange-brown pottery brush pot, possibly produced at the Yixing Kilns, is hand-sculpted to simulate an old gnarled tree trunk with various crevices, stumps of limbs and peeling bark. It is incised with two Chinese characters, one in archaistic style, the other in cursive script. On the base, there is an impressed Guangxu sealmark. Though unglazed, it has an old patina from use and possibly remnants of colorless lacquer...
Lovely pottery small lead glazed stove from the Eastern Han Dynasty (202 BCE – 220 CE). Minor fritting and a couple of chips on the upper corners, but overall, in very good condition for a two thousand year old piece. There are still random traces of the silver patina on the surface. I scraped off a small section the surface layer and a beautiful silver patina is revealed (see enlargement #5), up to the buyer of they want to clean the whole piece...
Very rare pair of pottery bears. The meaning of bears of during Han Dynasty is somewhat enigmatic, as they are “everywhere” in their material culture i.e., bronze, jade and pottery, but what they signify remains unexplained. Usually they are depicted in a friendly almost cute Winnie the Pooh (ish) fashion, lacking in ferocity like dragons and tigers. Only during the Han did they reach such ubiquity. Both have an amber colored vitreous glaze and appeared to be mostly hand carved...
A pair of Chinese pottery brick tile with figures.
Age: China, Song Dynasty, 10th - 12th Century
Size: Height 26.5 C.M. / Width 26.5 - 26.8 C.M.
Size including stand: Height 44 C.M.
Condition: Well-preserved old burial condition overall with some amount of soil adhering (some abrasions and wearings on the piece due to the long burial time underground)...
Dimension: Diamater : +- 11 cm From Song dynasty. Condition : firing fault but free from restoration
