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Neolithic Jade, Bi disc, 4000/3000 BC, China
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Pre AD 1000 item# 892110 (stock# 187)
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Bi disc
China, Neolithic period, 4th/3rd milennium BC
Carved jade
H: 1/4 inch, D: 5 2/3 inch
The attribution (date) is based in particular on the type of craftsmanship, and the surface finish. See: Jessica Rawson: Chinese Jades, British Museum, 1995, p.130f.
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Ceramic bowl, China, Warring States
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Pre AD 1000 item# 885987 (stock# 370)
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Ceramic bowl
China, Zhejiang or Jiangsu Province
Eastern Zhou (600 - 249 BC)/ Warring States Period (475 - 221 BC)
Grey pottery with impressed grid pattern
H: 2 1/2 inch
High-fired earthenware is known in Chinese as yingtao: ‘hard pottery’ and pieces from early periods nearly always display geometric surface patterns which are impressed with either a wooden paddle or a textile. Pottery of this type have an uneven shape, because they were hand-built by the coiling method, rather than thrown on the potter’s wheel. With eyelets on both sides.
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Painting, The Battle of Mianzhu
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Pre 1800 item# 885982 (stock# 199)
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Painting
China, Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911), 18th century
Ink and polychrome pigments on paper, framed
H: 17 1/4 inch, W: 17 1/5 inch
Two synoptic scenes taken form the 117th chapter of one of the most important Chinese classics: the Novel of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong. The painting depicting Deng Ai (shown here sitting in his tent) who got through the Yinping Mountains and Zhuge Zhan (far right) who later fell in the battlefield of Mianzhu.
China witnessed a period of confrontation during the Three Kingdoms era (220-280) when three rival states, Wei, Shu and Wu contested for political power and survival.
With Chinese and Manchu inscriptions in cartouches.
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Tiger and Crane, lacquer, China, Han dynasty
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Pre AD 1000 item# 885981 (stock# 77)
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Tiger and crane,
lacuqered wooden figure
China, Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220)
H: 34 inch, L: 12 4/5 inch
A crane standing on the back of a tiger - so a combination of longevity and strength. The animals are carved of eight separate pieces of wood and lacquered. Originally the piece was lacquered in black and red, but during the process of dehydration the red colour faded. These kind of wooden and lacquered objects were used as burial object. And they survived due to the fact that the tombs were wet tombs. Either they got flooded by purpose or weather conditions.
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