An ancient Chinese Han Dynasty earthenware cocoon jar circa 206 BC-220 AD, with traces of original hand painted design motif. Cocoon jars a name derived for its the resemblance with the shape of a silk worm cocoon. They were originally used as wine storage vessels. This is a beautiful example in good ancient condition but for normal wear to surfaces.
DIMENSIONS
12ʺW × 8ʺD × 10ʺH
A medium size pottery figure of a female attendant from the Han Dynasty.This is an original Han piece. There still a good amount of the original white slip remaining. Size H. 26cm. Condition: No repairs or breaks. Small chip on the nose.
A very rare multi color glass Chinese Han pendant with two holes for attaching to a garment or wearing as a pendant.. It comes with an additional Han glass bead for wearing as a pendant.
Condition: Very good. No chips or cracks.
Size: 4cm X 3cm.
Age: Han Dynasty 206 BC - 220 Ad.
A rare mid 19th century large turquoise bead made into a necklace surrounded by an assortment of old beads. The large turquoise center bead is set in a silver/copper base.
Highly revered in Tibet, a Turquoise stone was carried throughout one’s entire life. It was exchanged as currency & the finest stones were considered more valuable than gold.It also supposed to have healing powers.
Size: 47cm end to end
Antique Chinese branch tobacco pipe, coated in a rich black lacquer, with bone mouthpiece and metal fittings. The branch has beautiful, natural knots and gnarls with a thinner branch wrapping around it.
19th Century, original piece
Size : 25.5" length, 2" thick
FAMILLE ROSE, Molded Enameled Porcelain over a Bronze-based Snuff Bottle, Jiaqing Mark, 1796-1820
This is a fine Famille Rose Figural Molded Porcelain over a bronze-based Snuff Bottle, of flattened Circular form with slopping shoulders, with a waited neck, a flat lip with a wide mouth, and raised feet with a concave base. The bottle following the same form characteristics of similar bottles made during the XVIII century...
Finely crafted Chinese mandarin figural porcelain tureen, with dragon gilt handles, ca 1780's. Size; 17L x 10.5W x 6H cm. or 7H x 4.5W x 2.5H in inches. Excellent condition, almost perfect. Provenance: Private collection, Edinburgh.
One of a group of very large Ming Dynasty pottery horse riders.
The figure is of a military attendant, wearing a hat and carrying a book or a map under his arm. He wears a blue robe with turqoise sleaves. The unglazed areas are covered with white and black pigmented colors.
Note that the painting is very detailed and includes wonderful gthick and perfectly rendered facial features.
A very large figure, measuring c. 40 x 30 cm...
A very rare set of cowrie shell money from the neolithic period in China. Twenty two shells in all strung together as a necklace as they were originally.The Chinese character for money originated from the cowrie shell.
Age: 2000 to 1500 BC. Size: L.44cm around, plus the pendent.
Condition: Natural calcification but intact
A sancai-glazed,foliate-rimmed, pottery dish from the Liao dynasty, of elongated barbed quatrefoil shape, the everted rim molded with a foliate scroll border glazed in amber, the interior impressed with three lotus blossoms in amber glaze, against a green ground molded with wave patterns, the unglazed base partially glazed in green and revealing a layer of white slip.
Based on a silver or gold prototype, the artisans who created these forms in pottery prove innovative in their use of mol...
Chinese bamboo offering tray with design (specially made for Thai market).
Age: China, Qing Dynasty, 18th Century
Measurement: Height 14 C.M. / Diameter 22.6 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer
to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for
the shipping fee.
Width: 23.3 cm (9.4 in)
Height: 10.6 cm (4.3 in)
Chinese porcelain blue and white bowl; shows a rural and river scene; fritting to the rim; no other damage
Width: 22.7 cm (9.1 in)
Height: 15.5 cm (6.2 in)
Quality Chinese porcelain pillow; figural famille rose decoration on four panels with gilt bats on each end; some wear to enamels; minor wear; felt pads on one side; good condition
Found in the Philippines.
Featuring a melon shaped body, tapering to its shoulders onto a waisted neck, flaring out to its mouth. The ewer is decorated with carved vertical lines, chambering its body into six sides and its shoulders are adorned with carved wavy lines and is covered overall in an opaque qingbai-type of glaze, bordering white. Its base remains fully unglazed.
Measurements: height (8"inches).
Condition: excellent condition...
Tall Chinese Western Han Dynasty Painted Pottery Vase / Jar (Feng Ping)
This attractively-shaped pottery jar was made during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). It is relatively highly-fired and has been made from flat slabs of pottery that have been luted together in imitation of an archaic bronze vessel. Its form is unique to the Western Han period and is known as a "feng ping". It still retains its original cover...
Large Chinese Han Dynasty Pottery Ox with Oxford TL Test (206 BC - AD 220)
This large pottery model of an ox, or bull, was made during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). It is made from a relatively high-fired grey pottery which has made it much more durable than lower-fired examples...
Antique Chinese scroll painting of a soldier on horseback, accompanied by an old man waving a white flag. Calligraphy with two red chops in top corner of scroll. 19th century Ching Dynasty
Size: 90" L x 20.5" W(entire scroll) 54" L x 13" W (artwork only)
Fine Tall Chinese Western Han Dynasty Painted Pottery "Stick" Girl
This fine and rare painted pottery figure of a nude girl was made during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8), more specifically, the 2nd century BC. It is one of a variety of Han Dynasty "stick" figures. The vast majority of "stick" figures represent males; female figures are particularly rare...