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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1488276 (stock #MC299)
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GBP £7,500.00
Fine Pair of Chinese Early Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Walking Horses & Detachable Riders with Oxford TL Test

This exceptional pair of pottery horses was made during the early Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). They are finely-modelled and "full of life", both in the act of walking. One has its right leg forward with head turned to its left, the other has its left leg forward with its head turned a little to its right. Each has a separately-made rider seated on a saddle, one male, one female, tha...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1488274 (stock #MC301)
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GBP £6,000.00
A Pair of Large Chinese Early Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Foreigners (with Oxford TL Test)

This impressive and imposing pair of pottery figures was made during the early Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). They are "heavily-potted" and made from a fine-grained pale grey pottery. They have been "cold-painted" in a base coat of creamy-white pigment with faint traces of red and black pigments in places.

These figures represent a pair of foreign grooms and have been made with great attention to de...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1492 item #1488901 (stock #MC376)
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GBP £6,000.00
Fine & Rare Chinese Yuan Dynasty Burnished Black Pottery Horse & Groom with Oxford TL Test

These impressive and attractive pottery models of a horse and groom were made during the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368). Such figures from the Yuan Dynasty are very distinctive and are particularly rare and desirable. The surface of these figures is typically fired to grey, or almost black, and sometimes, as in this case, burnished to a smooth finish.

The horse is laden with a pack on its back, on t...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1488273 (stock #MC297)
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GBP £4,995.00
A Pair of Large Chinese Early Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Foreigners (with Oxford TL Test)

This impressive and imposing pair of pottery figures was made during the early Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). They are "heavily-potted" and made from a fairly high-fired pale greyish-brown pottery. They have been "cold-painted" in a base coat of creamy-white pigment with details picked out on top in red and black pigments, especially to the heads and faces.

These figures represent a pair of foreign ...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1490121 (stock #MC426)
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GBP £4,200.00
Large Chinese Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Camel with Oxford TL Test

This unusually large and impressive pottery model of a Bactrian camel was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). It is heavily-potted and made from a fairly high-fired buff-coloured pottery. In places on the surface are firing cracks, likely due to the thickness of the pottery. The surface has been cold-painted in a yellow-ochre coloured pigment on top of which have been painted reddish-brown and black pigments for th...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1483946 (stock #MC260)
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GBP £3,500.00
Fine Large Chinese Warring States Impressed Pottery Jar with Oxford TL Test (475 - 221 BC)

This very rare large and impressive pottery jar was made during the Warring States period (475 - 221 BC). It is made from a hard high-fired pottery. The body widens as it goes up from the base to a horizontal shoulder and then into quite a wide but short neck with a flared mouth. The body is covered with repeated impressed geometric patterns, a smaller design to the upper body and a larger design to th...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1487836 (stock #P40)
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GBP £3,500.00
A Fine Pair of Tall Chinese Tang Dynasty Male & Female Painted Pottery Figures with Oxford TL Tests

This fine and impressive matching pair of male and female figures was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). They are made from a buff-coloured pottery that has been "cold painted" in coloured pigments. They are similarly dressed in long-sleeved robes. Note also the upturned footwear and the distinctive headdresses and hairstyles. 

As with many of our finer items, we have had both o...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1492 item #1488277 (stock #MC272)
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GBP £3,500.00
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Set of Twelve Chinese Jin Dynasty Painted Pottery Filial Piety Tiles with Oxford TL Test (AD 1115 - 1234)

These interesting pottery tiles with the subjects depicted in high relief were made during the Jin Dynasty (AD 1115 - 1234). They are made from quite a high-fired grey pottery that has been "cold painted" in various coloured pigments. Each tile depicts a scene from a story of the paragons of filial piety. Together they depict a total of thirty-four human figures (men, women and children)...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1492 item #1488278 (stock #MC273)
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GBP £3,500.00
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Set of Five Large Chinese Yuan / Ming Dynasty Painted Pottery Filial Piety Tiles with Oxford TL Test

These interesting pottery tiles with the subjects depicted in high relief with very good detail were made during the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368) or possibly the early part of the following Ming Dynasty (AD 1368 - 1644). They are made from a high-fired grey pottery that has been "cold painted" in various coloured pigments. Each tile depicts a scene from a story of the paragons of filial piet...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1488368 (stock #MC382)
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GBP £3,500.00
Very Rare LARGE Chinese Qin Dynasty Military Listening Pottery Jar with Seal and Oxford TL Test

This oversized vessel, in the form of a "cocoon jar" was made during the Qin Dynasty (221 - 206 BC) or possibly a little earlier during the Warring States period (475 - 221 BC), but even then by the Qin state. It is made from a fairly high-fired fine-grained grey pottery. The whole of the outer surface of the body is decorated with repeated cord or woven impressions, particularly crisp in places, ...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1492 item #1488900 (stock #MC377)
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GBP £3,500.00
Fine & Rare Large Chinese Yuan Dynasty Burnished Black Pottery Horse

This impressive and attractive pottery model of a horse was made during the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368). Such figures from the Yuan Dynasty are very distinctive and are particularly rare and desirable. The surface of these figures is typically fired to grey, or almost black, and sometimes, as in this case, burnished to a smooth finish.

The horse is laden with a pack on its back, on top of which is tied a tiger skin. N...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1474438 (stock #P29)
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GBP £3,200.00
Fine Large Chinese Neolithic Banshan Painted Pottery Jar

This impressive pottery jar was, incredibly, made around 4,500 years ago during the Banshan Phase (c. 2600 - 2300 BC) of the Majiayao culture, also known as the Gansu-Yangshao culture, from present day Gansu or Qinghai province.

This jar is made from a relatively highly-fired pale reddish pottery. For its size it is relatively thinly-potted. It has two sturdy loops handles on opposing side of the waist. It has a smooth burnished s...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1487991 (stock #M0648)
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GBP £3,200.00
Fine LARGE Chinese Neolithic Banpo Cord-Impressed Pottery Amphora with Oxford TL Test

This fine and incredibly ancient pottery vessel was made over 6,000 years ago during the Banpo phase (c. 4800 - 4300 BC) of the Yangshao culture in present-day Shaanxi province. This form is probably the most well-known of Banpo pottery, if not of all Chinese Neolithic pottery, and no serious collection of Chinese ceramics should be without an example!

It has a tall cup-shaped mouth and a pointed base....

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1488275 (stock #MC300)
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GBP £2,650.00
Fine Large Early Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Horse & Separate Saddle (with Oxford TL Test)

This fine and impressive pottery model of a horse was made during the early Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). It is "heavily-potted" and made from a buff-coloured pottery that has been cold-painted in a creamy-white pigment with small amounts of red pigment in places, such as within the nostrils. On its back is a large saddle, made separately, that can be removed. This is a strong horse giving an impressio...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1475316 (stock #M9082)
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GBP £2,500.00
LARGE Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty Pottery Farm House with Oxford TL Test

This large and impressive pottery model of what we assume to be a farm house was made during the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25 - 220). It is made from a pinkish-coloured pottery, the surface of which has fired to a pale grey colour. It has a large gabled roof with deep grooves and horizontal incised lines to represent tiles. The ridge along the top has been incised to show three rows of ridge tiles. On the upper surface of...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1480796 (stock #M8987)
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GBP £2,500.00
LARGE Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty Glazed Pottery Granary Building

This large and impressive architectural pottery model of a granary was made during the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25 - 220). It is made from a red pottery that has been coated in green glaze that has degraded and acquired a silvery iridescence in places, a result of long burial in damp conditions. It has a ridged gabled roof, the front section showing seven rows of tile covers, each row with a circular end tile, and supported by ...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1483945 (stock #MC259)
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GBP £2,500.00
Rare Tall Chinese Warring States Impressed Pottery Jar (475 - 221 BC)

This very rare large and impressive pottery jar was made during the Warring States period (475 - 221 BC). It is "heavily-potted" and made from a hard high-fired pottery. The body is topped with a fairly wide and tall neck, its cylindrical form then tapering inwards towards the flat base. The surface has been deeply impressed with a repeated geometric pattern all the way from below the neck to the base.

Height 44 cm (17...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Stoneware : Pre AD 1000 item #1488052 (stock #MC261)
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GBP £2,500.00
Fine LARGE Chinese Western Han Dynasty Glazed Stoneware Jar (206 BC - AD 8)

This large stoneware jar, of the type often referred to as "proto-porcelain", dates to the latter part of the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). The upper body, and inner mouth, are coated with an attractive olive-green glaze that is very finely-crackled. The unglazed neck and lower body have fired to varying shades of reddish-brown. To the upper and lower neck are bands of impressed wavy lines. On opposing sides a...