Well potted body covered with a superb, thick, highly glossy glaze. The colour changing from russet brown to a deep black. There is a old, genuine Japanese Urushi Gold Lacquer repair to the rim of this teabowl that ennobles this rare piece. Song Dynasty ( 960 - 1279 AD ) Jian ware " Jianyao " Fujian province, South China. Diameter : 9,3 cm. H : 5,8 cm. Condition : Genuine Gold Lacquer repair ( from the time when this teabowl was in an Japanese Collection resp...

A beautiful Chinese Ming dynasty persimmon glaze jar. Ht. 7.8cm. Condition: no chip, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platform, please ask before ordering.

A beautiful Chinese Ming dynasty Cizhou persimmon glaze tea bowl in perfect glaze condition, like new! Ht. 3.5cm, Dia. 5.5cm. Condition: no chip, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platform, please ask before ordering.

A fine Chinese Ming dynasty tea dust glaze meiping. Ht. 15cm. Condition: glaze deterioration to mouth rim, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platform, please ask before ordering.

A fine Chinese Ming to Qing dynasty persimmon glaze dish. Dia. 17.6cm. Condition: crack to base rim, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platform, please ask before ordering.

A fine Chinese Northern Song dynasty Yaozhou celadon bowl with unclear molded sea waves decoration inside and carved outside the bowl. Dia. 10cm. Condition: glaze degraded, one thin hairline, no chip, no restore in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platform, please ask before ordering.

A cute Chinese Ming dynasty Cizhou jar with glaze effects. Ht. 8cm. Condition: one small part of the body with no glaze, no chip, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platform, please ask before ordering.

An elegant Chinese Qing dynasty Cizhou black glaze meiping vase. Ht. 20 cm. Condition: old chips to the foot rim, no restore as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platform, please ask before ordering.

A large Chinese Eastern and Western Jin (256-420 A.D.) Yue ware celadon basin with handle. Dia. 23.6 cm including handle. Condition: no restore, glaze crack, firing fault in the middle as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platform, please ask before ordering.

A beautiful Chinese Song Dynasty qingbai white glaze molded vase with wonderful glaze. Ht. 17cm. Condition: small chip to month rim, no restored as shown, overall in good condition. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platform, please ask before ordering.

A fine Five dynasties to Song dynasty white glaze dish, pretty much like Xing ware. Ht. 4 cm, Dia. 11.5 cm. Condition: no chip, no restore in good condition. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platform, please ask before ordering.

A Song Dynasty Green Celadon plate. Note, there is a color difference in the glaze noticeable when viewing the various images. Some ware/scratches to glaze on inside of plate. Some warpage noticeable. Otherwise, piece is intact and generally in good condition. Diameter: 8+ inches

A Song Dynasty Green Celadon Jarlet with crackle glaze. Very nice green color. High resolution images on request.

Excellently glazed stoneware body, glazed with a very nice chreamy white, close crackled glaze. The body where exposed has turned dark-brown in the firing. Song Dynasty, 12th century. Diameter : 4,6 cm. H.: 4,7 cm. Condition : Very nice, noch chip, no crack, partly some original glaze-fritting below the rim ( please regard the images ).

A small Jian ware Temmoku ( teabowl ) Dark stoneware body with a thick combined black brown glaze. Slightly crooked body. Song ( 12th - 13th centuries ) Fujian ( Jianyao ) Diameter : 10,6 cm. H : 4,8 cm. Condition : Perfect

A Shiwan ware vase of club form with a most beautiful glaze and with an old wooden stand. Guandong ( south China ) Shiwan ware. Qianlong period or earlier. An object from the scholar´s table. H : without stand : 21,2 cm, with stand : 23,1 cm. Condition : Perfect

One of the best ever seen Guandong ( South China ) Shiwan ware dishes. Seventeenth Century. Shiwan pieces like this do try to imitate the famous glazes of the Song Dynasty ( mostly the glazes of Jun or Jizhou pieces ). Diameter : 20,3 cm. Condition : Perfect.

Chinese Cizhou type small bowl, with a character "Yuan" on the inside bottom of the bowl. Yuan Dynasty. Condition: there are some glaze chips on the rim, no other flaw beside these. Diameter: 4-3/8".

A rare and unusual turquoise glazed, pottery gu form altar vase. Its moulded decoration depicts two dragons amongst clouds on the upper section ; on the waist are two ruyi bands and on the unglazed lower section are two cash symbols and what appears to be a double gourd. The base carries an inscription which we have been unable to read. This item was made for the domestic market...

A definitely extremely rare dish like this normally only can be found in Museum-collections. A quite similar dish, just for example, can be found in the University of Sussex - collection ( Jameelcentre, Ashmolean ). Dark-brown stoneware-body with green-crackled glaze. Produced at Longquan- or Ge-ware kiln. Long-Quan, Chekiang- or Zhejiang province. Song - Yuan Dynasty 13th - 14th century. Diameter : 13,8 cm. Condition : Perfect.

Probably 1800s

This two-handles stoneware vase's body is covered in a creamy slip glaze which is carved through with a peony design to reveal the light brown clay body. The entire vase except for the foot is covered in a very thin clear glaze enriching the tone of both slip and body. The light brown clay body is exposed on the footring and base. A small amount of burial earth adheres to the foot and base. It is in good condition.

Height: 8 in., Diameter: 4 ¼ in.

The mayority of Longquan Guan type dishes do have the common Longquan paste, which we do know from the ordinary Longquan Celadon pieces. This Guan type dish is so rare, because it has an dark grey body which has turned reddish-brown where exposed in the firing. The shape of body of the dish is perfectly potted, and covered with a greenish grey glaze. Guan type Longquan ware, Song Dynasty. Diameter : 12,6 cm...

Ming Dynasty, Ca. 1500s

This bowl is covered overall in an attractive bluish green celadon glaze except for the footring, which shows the buff-toned porcelaneous stoneware body. The glaze is somewhat unevenly applied to the exterior. The interior has a glaze bubble that popped in the firing. Acquired in the early 1980s from an antiques dealer in Alexandria, VA.

Diameter: 4 ½ in., Height: 2 3/8 in.

This is a Five Dynasties celadon green glaze jarlet in good condition except glaze flaked off near mouth rim as shown and edges

Very nice, well balanced shape. Porcelanous stoneware with a nice Celadon glaze. Five Dynasties, Yue ware, Yue Yao. Diameter : 14,9 cm. Condition : Perfect. Nice glaze and a very nice, high "ping" tone when tapped.

Song Dynasty white ware plate / bowl with ribbed design to exterior. Glaze on inside and outside except to rim and base. In very good condition. Diameter: 4.50 inches

Song Dynasty celadon jarlet with two vertical rings at neck. Muted floral scrolling design under crackled glaze which is of an olive brown tone. Height: 2.75 inches; Diameter: 4 inches.

Sung Dynasty Celadon bowl with foliated edge rim and incised floral pattern at center and scrolling design in the cavetto and rim. Note, two small hairlines and an apparent repair noticeable in the darker green spot near center. High resolution images on request. Diameter: 8.50 inches; height: 2 inches.

A pair of extremely rare stoneware jarlets. The glaze with a dark olive - brown color with splashes of milky, pale blue tone. Tang Dynasty ( 618 - 907 ). Probably Dundian kiln, Lushan country ( Lushan ware ). Diameter : 4,7 cm. H : 4 cm. Condition : One jarlet in perfect condition, the other jarlet chipped to the unglazed base ( which is to see on the last enlargement ) Provenance : Excavated in Sulawesi, Indonesia...

A well potted jar, very thinly potted ( which is typical for Ding ware ). Very hard creamy white stoneware body, covered with a thin creamy - transparent glaze. Song Dynasty, Ding ware ( Dingyao ). H : with lid : 9,8 cm ( without lid : 9,2 cm.)

A well potted Longquan ware Lotus bowl with a sea-green Celadon glaze. ( Rare flat shape, nice glaze ) Late southern Song Dynasty ( 13th. century ) Zhejiang ( Longquan ) Diameter 14,3 cm. H : 4,5 cm. Condition : No chip, fine crackles to the glaze but not in the body. ( Nice " Ping - tone " when tapped. )

Lovely Song or early Ming Dynasty green glaze bowl. Nice symmetrical shape and thick glaze with crackling. No cracks, chips or damage. Diameter: 4.75 inches, height: 2 inches.

Large Ming Dynasty light green bowl with crackling in the glaze. Overall in very good condition. Hi-resolution images on request. Diameter: 10 inches, height: 2.50 inches.

Small Song Dynasty celadon plate with foliated edge. Olive green color with crackling in the glaze. Some wear to glaze. Diameter: 4.50 inches, Height: 1.25 inches.

Ming Dynasty Blue and White Plate with a nice silky glaze. Flaws and dimples during manufacture and a small chip to underside edge of the rim. Diameter is 6.75 inches.

Ca. 1700s

This stoneware dish is shaped in the form of an oval tray with straight walls, raised on four molded feet. It is glazed overall with a semi-transparent brownish-amber glaze with areas of faint purples and reds. An unglazed area in the center of the base is brush painted with six Chinese characters in iron slip glaze. Some kiln cracking is present on one end and the typical wear for an item of this age and use is evident on the feet and areas of the glaze...

With a lustruous brown glaze over a black underlayer. H. 8,5 cm, diameter 8,5 cm. Very good condition with nice spur marks under the foot. Song Dynasty (960-1279).

The rare shape of this bowl is so to say a forerunner of a shape which was common during the Yuan Dynasty. In his book "Chinese blue and white Porcelain" Duncan Macintosh calls the shape of such a bowl: a "bowl in traditional "shufu" shape."( page 18 ). White stoneware body, glazed with an pale ivory white, fine crackled glaze. The unglazed foot with an old owners-mark ( which was common during the Song Dynasty ). Song - Yuan Dynasty ( 12th to 13th centuries ) Diameter : 12 cm. H.: 4,1 cm...

This is a very fine Sung Dynasty celadon brushwasher, scholar's table object de art and used as brush washer, a beautiful collector piece ...

Description:
This is a late Song dynasty finely potted qingbai meiping vase.The whole vase is incised with a freely carved design of lotus scrolling flowers and foliage, with combed detail on the petals and leaves. There are a total of 4 large lotus flowers on the vase...

Fine little green Song dynasty celadon fish plate. A line marking within glaze at top rim and chips at base, noticeable in images. Diameter: 5 inches.

Ming Dynasty Celadon charger with floral/leaf and apparent bird (Bird of Paradise) pattern in center. Overall in good condition. Per images, note crackled surface, several small pockmark chips and what appears to be a hairline in the glaze. Slight warpage. Diameter: 9 and half + inches.

A Ming dynasty 17th century Chinese bronze censer with elephant head motif, base with six character xuande mark, censer is in good condition with small dent near the footring, no damage no restoration, size: 11.5 cm mouth diameter, 15 cm wide with handle, height 9.5 cm, weight is about 850 gram.

A rare quite small and lovely, well potted Longquan ware lotus bowl with a pale bluegreen Celadon glaze. Late southern Song Dynasty ( 13th. century ) Zhejiang ( Longquan ) Diameter : 10,6 cm. H : 4,7 cm. Condition : Perfect, nice glaze condition.

This is another antique wine bottle of the Song Dynasty from our collection.

This large wine bottle is about 1000 years old and has been made in the Ji Kiln. It has a dark glazed body with an some unglazed dragon / phoenix decoration.

It is in good condition. There are only some little spoils of time and a little scratch ( please watch photos )...

Dark grey stoneware body covered with a very nice and glossy, fine Guan - crackled, quite uncommon brownish celadon glaze. Song – Yuan Dynasty ( thirteenth to fourteenth centuries ) Longquan ware, Zhejiang. Diameter : 6,4 cm. H : 6,7 cm. Condition : Perfect.

Perfect condition

The body of the bowl is covered with a thick greenish-creamy-grey glaze whose surface appears like old polished marble. The crackles in the glaze are very attractive. Most probably Ming Dynasty, sixteenth century or earlier. Diameter : 14,6 cm. H : 7,2 cm. Condition : Perfect.

There are traces of an very attractive formerly gilt decoration and connoisseurs will agree that exactly this is it which makes this bowl ( Temmoku ) to an great rarity. Even in Museum collections there are almost no references for such pieces. Southern Song blackware ( 1200 - 1279 ) Diameter : 11,3 cm. H :6,1 cm. Condition : The bowl itself and the glaze in absolute perfect condition...

Decorated with a dragon hunting the flaming pearl. Made in two segments with a horizontal seam. Excellent condition with slight age wear and scratches to the glaze. H. 7 cm , diameter 8 cm.

A rare teabowl. Stoneware with charcoal glaze and overglaze painted decoration of Prunus in pale russet. Southern Song Dynasty 12th century. Yonghe Kiln, Jián, Jiangsu province (Jiangxi ) ( Jizhou ). Diameter : 11,3 cm. Condition : Perfect.

Description: This is a vey finely potted yingqing or qingbai meiping from the Song dynasty. The body is incised with a beautifully free hand drawing of lotus flower with scrolling foliages.

Dimension: The height is 17cm and the dimeter at the widest part of the body is 11cm.

Condition: In good condition with no repair, restoration, chip or crack. Minor abrasion, especially at the mouth (picture 5)and very minor abrasion on the body.

A extremely rare Southern Song ( 1127 – 1279 ) Guan ware, Guanyao washer. The well potted body in a very nice shape covered with a grayish-sea-green glaze with a highly attractive crackle. The light grey ware burnt brown in the firing. Guan´, the official ware of the southern Song court, is perhaps the most admired and desirable of all Chinese ceramics. This rare washer is probably an excavated piece. Diameter : 17,2 cm. H : 5,3 cm. Condition : Perfect.

A pair of petal-lobed stoneware bowls, covered with a transparent greenish glaze. Five Dynasties ( 907 – 960 ) Diameter : 11,6 + 12,1 cm. H : 4,6 + 5 cm. Condition : Perfect.

With a brown glaze. Diameter 10,5 cm, H. 4 cm. Condition: minor fleabite to the rim, oven sand stuck to the inside. China, Song Dynasty (960-1279)

A nice Jian ware Temmoku ( teabowl ) Dark brown stoneware with a thick combined black brown glaze. Song ( 12th - 13th centuries ) Fujian ( Jianyao ) Diameter : 11,8 cm. H : 6,5 cm. Condition : Perfect

The conical body covered with a black glaze and russet splashes. Diameter 13 cm, H. 5 cm. Excellent condition. From Hebei Province. China, Song Dynasty (960-1279)

Attractive small bowl, possibly a brush washer. Diameter: 11 cm, H. 4,5 cm. Excellent condition. China, Song Dynasty (960-1279).

True conneusseurs do know how rare is the opportunity to buy a genuine painted Jizhou ware vase like this. Southern Song Dynasty ( 1127 - 1279 ) The long necked vase is painted with wave and flower pattern. H : 12,6 cm. Condition : The body in perfect condition with no chips and cracks. Glaze losts to the uppermost part of the neck ( below the rim, please look at the last enlargement )

This Jian ware Temmoku ( teabowl ) is extraordinary small and absolutely lovely. Dark brown stoneware, the thick combined black brown glaze in heavy drops come to an end at the base of the bowl. Song ( 12th - 13th centuries ) Fujian ( Jianyao ) Diameter : 9,3 cm. H : 5,4 cm. Condition : Perfect