Rare Chinese Neolithic Painted Pottery Jar - Machang

This pottery jar was made over 4,000 years ago during the Machang Phase (c. 2300 - 2000 BC) of the Majiayao culture, also known as the Gansu-Yangshao culture, from present day Gansu or Qinghai province. The inside of the mouth and the upper body have been decorated with geometric patterns in purple and black fired-on mineral-based pigments...

Description:

A Qingbai incense burner was stand in a stem foot and was covered by a reticulated cover which in an elegant style.
It was an porcelain copy of a metal prototype.
It was in an original condition without any restoration.
Obvious incursion results were yielded during long time of age.
Some similar pieces are in the documentations.

Date: Southern Song Dynasty, 12th century.

Height: 12.8cm.

A CUSTOM-MADE SILK BOX IS INCLUDED.

A lucky ammer in red decorates the inside of this large bowl by Mamiya Eishu enclosed in a period wooden box. It appears to read Kishoho or Kishohon (the method to satisfaction or the root of satisfaction respectively). The bowl is 7-1/2 inches (19 cm) diameter and in excellent condition. Eishu (1871-1945)entered the priesthood at the age of nine at Ryutakuji Temple under the training of the priest Tengan...

A ewer with an greyish-olive toned glaze that covers all but the foot and base. The mouth is trumpet-flared and the 3-lobed rim of the mouth is trimmed in silver (see photos). The grooved strap handle is typical of Song items .

Period: Song: 10th-13th Century

Size: Height = 21.2 cm (8-3/4 inches)

Condition: Tiny firing separation at the base of the spout (not a crack).

For centuries, the Chinese practiced ancestor worship as a religious ritual. Ancestor (also known as) or Spirit tablets were a ritual object commonly seen in temples and shrines and on household altars. Usually made of one or 2 pieces of wood...

Description:

A Jizhou bowl was beautifully applied with whitish tortoiseshell glaze.
Sited on the characteristic shallow walled nearing flat foot ring, the bowl was slightly inverted on the mouth rim.
The body clay revealed at the bottom was in loosening-feel quality and was fired in light buff tint.
Molding scar was left at the foot ring too.
Due to long time of age, enduring old crackles were yielded in the glaze.
The agate-like glaze was in very fine condition...

Description:

A soapstone Lohan was in sitting posture.
Holding in the left hand with a rosary, the fairy saint hold a Ruyi in his right hand.
Smiling and in amiable mood, the stone figure was well depicted and was in warm yellowish tint due to enduring old age.

Date: Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th Century.

Height:7.3cm, Width:7.3cm, Depth: 5.8cm. Weight: 270gram.

Condition: very good except one defect at the mouth of the bag...

An attractively painted enamel box and cover made in China for export (circa 1891-1908) during the second half of the reign of the Guangxu emperor. condition - excellent - one or two very minor surface scratches - no damages and no restoration...

The rafter tail is the end of the roof rafter which is architecturally visible. In times past, many cultures would carve traditional objects and design at ends of the rafter tails. This galloping horse is the carved rafter tail from an old Indian building.

Deeply carved from unknown hardwood, the horse is outfitted with a mounting bracket on the back so he can easily be hung on a wall. dimensions top to bottom 10 inches, 4 inches wide and 5 inches deep...

Porcelain decorated with floral on the inside, glazed base with mark. PERIOD : Qing Dyanasty 19th Century. MEASUREMENTS: 14 cm wide. CONDITION: Perfect, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restoration.

Porcelain decorated with vajra on the center, floral scroll on the outside, glazed base. PERIOD : Middle Ming 16 th Century. MEASUREMENTS: 15 cm wide, 6.5 cm tall. CONDITION: one tiny chips to the rim; free from restoration.

Porcelain decorated with floral spray on the center, a floral scroll on the outside, glazed base. PERIOD : Middle Ming16th Century MEASUREMENTS: 15 cm wide, 6.5 cm tall. CONDITION: two small chips to the rim, a hairline; free from restoration.

Porcelain decorated with flower on the center, a floral scroll on the outside, unglazed base. PERIOD : Middle Ming 16th Century MEASUREMENTS: 15 cm wide, 6.5 cm tall. CONDITION: tiny chip to the foot ring, no cracks, no hairlines and free from restoration

Porcelain decorated with floral spray on the center, a floral scroll on the outside, glazed base. PERIOD : Middle Ming 16th Century MEASUREMENTS: 15 cm wide, 6.5 cm tall. CONDITION: 3 short hairlines to the rim; no cracks, no chips and free from restoration

Decorated with a plantain leaves in the center and floral spray on the outside. W=12 cm. Early Ming 1368-1398. Condition : two chips to the rim, no cracks, no hairline and free from restoration.

Porcelain decorated with playful children and a lotus scroll on the outside, glazed base. PERIOD : Early Ming (1488-1505 AD) MEASUREMENTS: 13 cm wide. CONDITION: excellent, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restoration.

A beautiful African carved ivory figure of a seated female and child west Africa with beautiful patina measuring approx. 12.5 inches in length. A fine investment quality antique.

A beautiful African carved ivory figure of a nursing mother west Africa with beautiful patina measuring approx. 13 inches in length. A fine investment quality antique.