All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1450532 (stock #MB604)
Chinese Song Dynasty Carved Qingbai / Dehua Porcelain Bowl

This porcelain bowl was made during the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279) at one of the Dehua kilns in Fujian province. The underside is decorated with a carved lotus petal design. It is coated in a very pale greenish qingbai glaze apart from the base where the white body is revealed. Although perhaps a little lower fired than some porcelain, the body is translucent...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #682967 (stock #lot342)
Description: A handsome Cizhou censer in tripod shape was in quite good look. Flat rim was supported by dented neck which with straight wall. And after that is the bulge belly which was applied on the surface with typical glittering black slip and where the astonishing russet mottles were decorated on. The feet were unglazed and revealed with obvious light brownish tint caused by firing. Hand-craft characteristics of the everted style and the finger imprints were joyfully observed at the feet...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1479398 (stock #MC135)
Vietnamese 15th Century Blue & White Blue & White Jar (Ex. Grahame Clarke collection)

This small blue & white jar was made during the 15th century. It is quite "heavily-potted" and decorated in underglaze blue that features a ring of leaves around the shoulder, below which is a scrolling floral pattern. The glaze is quite thick and in places there are blisters to the glaze suggesting this occurred during firing. The flat base remains unglazed. Height 6.75 cm, diameter 7.5 cm...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1135622 (stock #lot974)
Description:

A Jiangyang Temmoko bowl was decorated with radiating russet splashes on the surface.
It was a rare type of this kind in Jiangyang wares.
Enduring old crackles were yielded naturally in the glaze when retrospective sheen was reflected on the surface.
It was used to be coated on the mouth rim with silver band. The silver band had long gone and only left with the residues around.
The bowl was kept in perfect condition without any restorations...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1147582 (stock #lot987)
Description:

A Yinqing covered box was in decent look.
In round shape, the cover was decorated on the surface with carved motifs of peony flowers.
In the basin, there're squeezed and mold lotus plants were well rendered and adhered to the cavetto.
The over all condition of the box was perfect when some incursions were happened to the ridges and rims...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #424085 (stock #lot078)
Description: A Yaozhou bowl in conical shape was kept in perfect condition. The olive-green glaze is beautiful. Even though it was in plain style without any motifs, the typical Song mood was still exemplified. Date: Song dynasty. Width: 9.9cm Height: 4.1cm Condition: perfect.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #412231 (stock #lot066)
Description: A QingBai dog was in perfect condition. Excavation deposits was left at the drilling holes and at the unglazed bottoms of foot. Date: Song Dynasty (12th Century) Length: 5cm Height: 4.5cm Condition: perfect.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #987044 (stock #lot718)
Description:
A Junyao dish in beautiful curved rim was supported by finely shaped foot ring with wall.
Applied with attractive blue-sky glaze on the surface, the dish’s surface was decorated with one stroke of purple-red splash which by casually-rendered way.
Minute glaze-shrinking effects were yielded when finely spread crackles were incursioned by burial earth.
The buff-tinted incursions were happened to the intersection of the glaze and the body clay. too...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1471174 (stock #MB977)
Fine Thai 14th - 15th Century Stoneware Jar

This superbly-shaped stoneware jar was made at the Sawankhalok kilns during the 14th - 15th century. This is a particularly large example of this form with a diameter of 19 cm and a height of 16 cm. It is "heavily-potted" and coated in a finely-crackled translucent celadon glaze that has a hint of blue in places...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1061678 (stock #lot848)
Description:

A thin, white-glazed dish was decorated on the surface with vibrant motifs of a galloping horse among flowers and weeds.
By the rice-white glaze, it was revealed with the light grayish-tinted body clay on the rim.
With characteristic shape, the tear-dropping glaze, the dated and exact design of the motifs, and the obvious incursions(which in sore's-like condition under magnify glass) happened to the glaze, the dish can be fully verified its authentication...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1436946 (stock #MB140)
Large Chinese Yuan Dynasty Blue & White Jar with Oxford TL Test

Rarely offered for sale, this large early "blue & white" jar was made during the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368). It has a wide body as well as a wide mouth. Around the shoulder, painted in underglaze cobalt blue, are three stylised Dogs of Fo and beribboned spiralling objects...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1400663 (stock #Lot1149)
A lovely set of Dingyao Cup and Stand are well preserved.
They are in small sizes but in great condition .

Date: AD960-1127.

Cup width: 7.2cm,
Stand Width:8.1cm.

A custom-made cotton box is included
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1186259 (stock #lot1026)
Description:

A black-glazed Cizhou jar was uniquely decorated on the surface with ribbed lines.
It was a characteristic type of jars of Cizhou wares.
More uniquely, there are Chinese characters "Chang" which most likely as Chinese last names were inscribed on both loops.
They were finished by ribbed techniques.
Accordingly of the names, the jar was believed a custom-made ware by noble people.
It was a more valuable piece then.

Date: Jin Dynasty. 1115-1234
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All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #770179 (stock #lot457)
Description: A beautiful Jizhou bowl was in wonderful condition. By a firm and stable condition of the glaze which was very unusual to a Jizhou ware, the bowl was kept perfectly and preserved with all aspects of the characteristics as a genuine piece. In a typical Wan (bowl) type with wide mouth rim, the bowl was molded with steep wall and with comparatively flatten bottom. The unglazed bottom was flat with shallow foot ring which is a typical characteristic for a Jizhou bowl. When in character...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1474097 (stock #MB997)
Chinese Song Dynasty Qingbai Glazed Porcelain Bowl

This fine-quality porcelain bowl was made during the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279). Its thin body is particularly translucent when held against a light source. The inner surface is decorated with incised floral patterns and it is coated in a pale blue translucent qingbai glaze of very good colour. The small recessed circular base remains unglazed where part of the white body has fired to a reddish-brown, this where the bowl stood on a firing ...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #655124 (stock #lot309)
Description: One exquisite Jun stand with subtle purple splashes and elegant five-foliate rim was preserved in perfect condition. Reserved with obvious burial deposits and incursions which causing some pinhead holes on the surface, the stand's surface was over all in retrospective glaze luster. Naturally rendered bubbles were yielded under the glaze. The brownish foot ring was shaped firmly and revealed the aged clay. A Jun stand was rarely found and can be solely added to your serious collecti...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1490295 (stock #MC434)
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 highly-fired grey pottery. The reddish-brown surface colour is from the iron-rich burial soil.

The jar has a flat base with marks left showing it was removed from the potter's wheel by a piece of string or wire....

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #486093 (stock #lot157)
Description: A dark black glazed bowl was found from a shipwrecked hoard of South East Asia. Produced probably from Fujian kiln, this beautiful black bowl was preserved with original charming glaze condition only with one minor glaze defect on the mouth rim. This bowl had been cleaned meticulously with boiled water and ready for real use. Some coral adherence were kept for authentication and for original mood. Date: Southern Song to Yuan Dynasty(13-14th Century) Width: 11.2cm Height: 6.0cm