A miniature Ming pig head. The pig represents "Good Fortune" and "Prosperity".
Size: 7.5cm x 7.0cm
Condition: Minor chips at the base and some incrustation that can be removed.
LIAO Dynasty Terracotta Buddhist Votive Plaque/Amulet, China, AD. 907 - 1125, with very fine details. Nicely mounted on a wooden base. Originates from a group of varied tablet sizes that were excavated, most likely from the foundations of an ancient Buddhist temple, placed there to ensure success and prosperity. Condition: very good, minor inconsequential chip. Size: 2.75" (7 cm.)
Lovely Song Dynasty brown straw glaze jar with four ears. The jar is thin walled and nicely shaped and proportioned. There is expected ware to glaze, but otherwise it is in excellent condition. Height is 6.5 inches, diameter at widest is 7 inches. High resolution images may be emailed to you on request.
LIAO Dynasty Terracotta Buddhist Votive Plaque/Amulet, China, AD. 907-1125, with very fine details. Nicely mounted on wooden base. Originates from a group of varied tablet sizes that were excavated, most likely from the foundations of an ancient Buddhist temple, placed there to ensure success and prosperity. Condition: good, minor inconsequential chips, no restorations. Size: 2.75" (7 cm.)
A detailed miniature Ming pottery money chest depicting a lock and handles on each side. Size: H. 11cm. L. 12.6cm. W.(Base)8.5cm. Condition: Two minor small chips. See photos.
)Rare Pottery water dropper (scholar's object) in the form of a three-legged frog. The frog has a sansai glaze of a basic straw-colored glaze with drippings of yellow and green glazes. This water dropper was made with a hole in its back for placing the thumb to regulate the flow of water from its mouth...
Antique Chinese glazed ceramic vase from the Song Dynasty (960–1279), with red-brown scattered accents and of a gull-shape.
Size: 4.5" height, 3" width
Chinese Jin Dynasty Painted Pottery Filial Piety Tile (AD 1115 - 1234)
This interesting and attractive pottery tile was made during the Jin Dynasty (AD 1115 - 1234) and most likely comes from Shanxi province. The tile is made from quite a high-fired grey pottery that has been "cold painted" in various coloured pigments. This tile depicts a scene from one of the twenty-four paragons of filial piety. Filial piety was, and still is, an important part of Chinese culture...
Song dynasty ribbed jar with light green crackled glaze. Some small chips to the glaze around the rim. Diameter: 3.25 inches, height: 2.75 inches.
An elegant miniature Ming vase with slightly iridescent green glaze with two handles.
Size: 9.7cm x 5cm.
Condition: No repairs
Miniature SONG DYNASTY green Celadon vase, China,
Condition: overall good, except 2 chips on lip, size: H. 3cm x 4.25cm diameter.
This is the type of early Mei-Ping flask which was used in the 1,300’s to 1,400’s by the Chinese to transport mercury for trade to be use in gold mining operations. They measure 6.5 to 7.5 inches high and were found in the port of Tuban, Indonesia on an unknown shipwreck. This particular piece has an un-repaired crack in the body but is intact.
A Chinese Song Dynasty cream glaze pumpkin shape small vase
An unusual miniature Ming Green glazed ewer with an iridescent glaze from being buried for a long period of time.
Size: 11.5cm x 8cm.
Good large Ming sancai ceramic wedding bed. These were interred in tombs of wealthy individuals to serve them in the afterlife. Nowadays they burn paper replicas instead. This piece has ornate eves in green and amber glaze, no cracks but some minor fritting. It is a large and heavy piece so free international shipping is offered via surface mail, if you would like a faster service than the buyer will pay the additional costs. Personally I have always thought these were ancestor shrines...
A 15-16th C. Chinese Ming dynasty turquoise glazed roof tile depicting a guardian demon figurine warrior protecting house and family in Chinese tradition.
In it is very good condition consider it is very old。It's museum quality 。H：31cm $1250 Sale pending
Large Song Dynasty bowl with incised designs and an olive brown glaze. Some apparent wear on glaze around rim with small chip. There are no cracks or hairlines. Diameter is 10 inches and height is +3 inches.
Chinese painted pottery torso of court lady with original pigments remaining.
Age: China, Tang Dynasty, A.D. 618 - 907
Size of torso only: Height 12.4 C.M. / Width 4.4 C.M. / Depth 4.6 C.M.
Height including stand: 28 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).
Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details...
Small northern Song Dynasty celadon plate decorated with lotus leaf pattern to underside. In good condition other than some wear to glaze due to use and age and small chip to glaze on rim. Nice symmetrical shape. Diameter: 5.50 inches; Height: 1.50 inches.
Ming Dynasty Tudigong 土地公
Rare Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 CE) pottery image of the Taoist “folk” God, Tudi Gong. He is a very popular God and is considered a community guardian, which is why you will see his small shrines in rural villages and urban neighborhoods, venerated by common people. Literally he is an erath God (God of the soil)...
Ming Dynasty ceramic wedding booth. Traditionally in China, a woman was carried in a covered wedding sedan chair by bearers accompanied by musicians. This piece has a detachable roof, replicating a draped cloth and is in good condition- only a few minor glaze frits. Would make an excellent display stand for a small Buddha. H: 35cm/13.8in and 12.5cm/4.8in.
A rare and splendid genuine Ming Dynasty Tomb Pottery Horse bending it's head down with a seated musician playing the cymbals. This is one of the earliest Ming pieces, ca. 1400 A.D., depicting a beautiful and elegant horse with fine modeling. The horse's neck is arched and it's mane and tail are glazed in a rare and vibrant turquoise color. The musician's head is removable and his robe is painted in rich cobalt blue, red and turquoise pigments...
Height: 29 cm (11.6 in)
Width: 14.5 cm (5.5 in)
Chinese Yaozhou celadon vase; possibly Song Period; features three scrolled blooms surrounded by evenly spaced foliage; covered in a olive green glaze deeply carved to produce darker recessed areas; there are some dull areas and minimal glaze loss; email for more images; overall excellent condition
A set of Chinese pottery musical instrument in animal bird shape with brown glaze.
Age: China, Tang Dynasty, A.D. 618 - 907
Size: Height 3.8 - 4.1 C.M. / Width 5.2 - 6.3 C.M.
Condition: Nice glaze and condition overall. 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.
Fine Chinese Song / Yuan Dynasty Buddhist Pottery Zodiac Jar
This interesting pottery jar was made during the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279), or possibly the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368) and has been been excavated from a Buddhist site in Yunnan province. It is made from a relatively high-fired grey pottery.
The jar has a flat base with marks showing it was removed from the potter's wheel by a piece of string or wire...
A Chinese pottery pear-shaped vase of yuhuchunping form, covered in an attractive mirror-black glaze finishing above the foot to reveal the thin pale brown slip. 17cms. Yuan dynasty.
Acquired in Cape Cod, USA, in 1998.
SONG Celadon pot-vase with light green-ash glaze, China, condition: good except one chip on foot/base, size: H. 3cm x 3.75cm diameter
Large pair of celadon glazed terracotta cremation urns.The bodies are in turned terracotta decorated in relief with animals and cast or sculpted figures. Groups of dignitaries, deer, cranes, turtle, dragons, horse completely surround the body. The lids are topped by large birds with outstretched wings.
Chinese work from the Song period around the 12th century.
This form is typical and there are many examples...
Chinese pottery groom figurine with original pigments remaining.
Age: China, Tang Dynasty, A.D. 618 - 907
Size: Height 27 C.M. / Width 10 C.M. / Thickness 5.7 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). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details...
Chinese pottery green glazed jar with cover.
Age: China, Yuan Dynasty, circa A.D. 1271 - 1368
Measurement: Height 36.4 C.M. / Width 27.2 C.M.
Condition: Well-preserved old burial condition overall with some amount of soil adherings (some abrasions and wearings on the piece due to the long burial time underground). 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 fe...
Rare Chinese Yuan Dynasty Small Pottery Bucket
This unusual object, a pottery model of a bucket, was made during the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368). Black, or dark grey, pottery objects dating to the Yuan Dynasty are not widely known. They are found in the northern provinces, particularly Gansu province in the north-west.
This item is quite heavily-potted and fairly highly-fired with a smooth burnished surface. Adhering to the inner surface are the remains of ancient root/plant growths f...
Chinese Jin Dynasty Painted Pottery Filial Piety Tile (AD 1115 - 1234) - Tian Brothers
This interesting pottery tile was made during the Jin Dynasty (AD 1115 - 1234) and most likely comes from Shanxi province. It depicts a scene from the story of the Tian Brothers, one of the stories of the twenty-four paragons of filial piety:
In the Eastern Han dynasty, there were three brothers in the Tian family. After their father passed away, they turned against each other and split the assets, inc...
Lovely ceramic amber and green sancai glaze fish offering from the Ming Dynasty. These were put on small pottery altar tables and interred with ancestor to provide for them in the afterlife. Good condition , no damage. L: 10cm/4.9in.
Good condition except glaze flakes
