Tang Dynasty, Rare Chinese Painted Pottery Earth Spirit

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Pottery Pre AD 1000: item #772678
C6041

Rare Chinese painted pottery tomb guardian in the form of a divine creature or sometimes known as earth spirit. This tomb guardian has animal's body and face with bulging eyes, large ears and hoofed feet with red, white, green and black pigments remaining. It has a long and spiky horn spiralling up from the head and stretching wings. Its appearance is extremely fearsome.

It was believed that theirs large ears allowed... Click for details

Tang Dynasty, Rare Chinese Painted Pottery Earth Spirit

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Pottery Pre AD 1000: item #772677
C6040

Rare Chinese painted pottery tomb guardian in the form of a divine creature or sometimes known as earth spirit. This tomb guardian has animal's body and face with bulging eyes, large ears and hoofed feet with red, white and black pigments remaining. It has a long and spiky horn spiralling up from the head and stretching wings. Its appearance is extremely fearsome.

It was believed that theirs large ears allowed them t... Click for details

Tang Dynasty, Rare Chinese Painted Pottery Earth Spirit

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Pottery Pre AD 1000: item #772673
C6039

Rare Chinese painted pottery tomb guardian in the form of a divine creature or sometimes known as earth spirit. This tomb guardian has an animal's body and a human face with bulging eyes, large ears and hoofed feet with red, black and white pigments remaining. It has a long and spiky horn spiralling up from the head and stretching wings. Its appearance is extremely fearsome.

It was believed that theirs large e... Click for details

Extra large Chinese Ming Dynasty Swatow charger D.35cm

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Pottery Pre 1492: item #772671
#259

Extra large Chinese porcelain Ming Dynasty Swatow charger, painted with large paradise bird, flowers, flowering branches, diameter-35cm, the condition-has some glaze crackles and some hairlines, has a few chips and glaze frittings to the rim, has some glaze imperfection caused by the firing process.

Rare Tang Dynasty Ceramic Seated Woman Tomb Figure

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Pottery Pre AD 1000: item #772534
2008-101

Tang Dynasty painted ceramic tomb figure of a lady. It is rare to find a Tang tomb figure posed in a seated position. 16 cm high, 9 cm wide. There are typical areas of restoration and loss. Please note the head was repaired, right arm broken and back of left arm damage.

Liao Dynasty Sancai Zhadou

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Pottery Pre AD 1000: item #771559
2008-099

Beautiful Liao Dynasty Blue Sancai glazed pottery "Zhadou". Damage on the rim is visible on the photos 4 cm high, 5.5 cm in diameter.

Yuan Dynasty Ceramic Plate

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Pottery Pre 1492: item #771555
2008-098

Yuan Dynasty ceramic plate. 9.5 cm diameter

Excellent Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Horse

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Pottery Pre AD 1000: item #770369

Beautiful Tang Dynasty Tomb Pottery Painted Horse and Rider

Period: Tang Dynasty, China, 618 to 907.

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Yuan pottery turtle

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Pottery Pre 1492: item #769341
1854

Fine and very rare gray pottery turtle with white and red traces of pigment. From the style of the face and clay this piece is probably from Yunnan, and dates to 10 CE- 11 CE, circa Yuan Dynasty. The turtle has several different associations in Chinese culture i.e., representing the northern compass direction, being used for fortune telling (legend has it that the use of hexagrams in the I Ching were divined from the six sided shaped plates on a turtle’s shell), or being cuckolded if ... Click for details

Tang Chinese Painted Pottery Model of an Attendant

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Pottery Pre AD 1000: item #768304
H6023

Standing straight, wearing a scarf hat and loose long robe, with the remaining of red, white and black pigments.

Age: China, Tang Dynasty, circa A.D. 618-907
Measurement:
Width 11 C.M. / Depth 8.5 C.M. / Height 40 C.M. ... Click for details