Rare TALL Chinese Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Jar, Stand & Cover (AD 618 - 906)
This tall and impressive pottery set comprising stand, jar and cover was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). They are made from a relatively high-fired grey pottery and "cold painted" in various coloured pigments. The stand has cut-out apertures and petals to represent a lotus flower. The jar has a band of "pie crust" decoration around its waist...
Rare Chinese Yuan Dynasty Black Pottery Horse
This small and attractive pottery model of a horse was made during the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368). It is quite "heavily-potted" and made from a black pottery with a smooth burnished surface. Note the detail to its mane. Pottery horses from the Yuan dynasty are much rarer than those from other periods.
Height 17 cm, length 20 cm...
A meiping shaped vase, well painted in under glaze blue and red. The base carries the six character mark of the Guangxu emperor (1875 - 1908)and was possibly made during his reign. Condition - very good - no damages and no restoration...
A 19th century Chinese chatelaine with opium tools. A small polished carnelian colored stone suspended from a silver part, silver opium tools - the tamper with engraved flower decoration and poppy bloom form end - suspended from a metal part. Good condition with one missing stone. Total length 12 1/5 inches. Tamper length 3 1/4 inches.
Chinese Qing dynasty Qianlong period famille rose biscuit-enameled porcelain figure depicting Guandi (God of War), who is also known as Guanyu and Guangong, with long beard seated on a plinth dressed in a belted scale-pattern armored robe decorated with dragons among clouds, a flaming pearl, and foaming waves. In his right hand, he holds a historical book titled “Commentary of Zuo.” His head, beard, and hands are without enameled decoration. The recessed base and flat foot are unglazed...
Description: A silver folding comb was exquisitely decorated on the surface. By excellent chasing skill, a pair of dragon and phoenix were vibrantly rendered among the scrolling cloud. In another side, the surface was in plain form. The whole quality of this piece was very good and was reflected with enduring darken patina. Date: Qing dynasty(19th century), Length: 8.2cm(folded) and 15cm(unfolded).
Rare Chinese Neolithic Pottery Jar - Caiyuan Culture (c. 2600 - 2200 BC)
This attractively-shaped pottery jar was made some 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Caiyuan Culture (c. 2600 - 2200 BC) and has been excavated from the Ningxia Autonomous Region in the north of China. It is finely-potted with a wide body and one handle from the shoulder to the wide flared mouth...
Description: The interior of this rare ware was painted with a white slip and then dipped in a dark black-brownish glaze to form a six-petal design with a central six-pointed star. A marvelous piece always fetched high price in international auctions.
Date: Tang Dynasty(AD9-10th century).
Diameter: 14.5cm Height: 4.0cm
Condition: Glaze is beautiful except two small before- excavation chips on the back surface.
Description:
A set of five tea cup holders(Cha Tuo) were in beautiful lotus-leaf's shape. Well cast and nicely carved, the basins will suit every tea cups in serene tea ceremony.
Enduring old patina was preserved on the surface.
A manufacturer's signature Qian-Mao-Hao-Zao was inscribed at the bottom.
Date: Qing Dynasty, 19th century.
Material: Tin.
Width:11.7cm
The 100 Bird Cape is sometimes mistaken by Westerners as a Miao baby carrier. In fact, the 100 bird cape is a man's garment. It would be worn on the back, over the 100 bird coat for special festivals. They are somewhat rare. Not all men could afford (actually the wives) the time and matterials to make such a garment. It takes over a year to collect the feathers for the cape because the feathers must come from birds which were ritually sacrificed.
This is a particularly rare cape...
Description:
A bronze bodhisattva sitting on a lion was the legendary Mañjuśrī who using the wisdom to tame the mind.
In perfect condition, the bronze figure was heavily cast and preserved in dark patina...
Fine & Rare Chinese Jin Dynasty Painted Pottery Tile - Entertainer
This impressive pottery tile was made during the Jin Dynasty (AD 1115 - 1234). It is made from a relatively high-fired grey pottery that has been cold-painted in various coloured pigments, traces of which still remain.
Theatre, the arts, music, performances were a very popular part of life during this period in Shanxi province, from where this tile has been excavated...
Chinese Southern Song Dynasty Moulded Qingbai Porcelain Vase
This attractive pear-shaped vase was made during the Southern Song Dynasty (AD 1127 - 1279), most likely at one of the kilns in Fujian province. Interestingly it is made in several sections that have been luted together. The mid section is decorated with a scrolling lotus blossom pattern, below which is a repeating lotus leaf pattern. It is coated in a finely-crackled greenish-blue qingbai glaze that stops short of its foot...
Chinese late Qing dynasty (late 19th century) woman's rank badge embroidered with a central satin-stitched silver pheasant with very nicely detailed feathers. A single bat hovers below the sun at the upper right. This Mandarin square would have been worn by the wife of a 5th rank civil official. The badge is backed with stiff paper covered with blue silk and is bordered on the front in red silk...
Chinese Song / Yuan Dynasty Moulded Dehua Qingbai Porcelain Box
This covered box was made during the 13th - 14th century, most likely at the Dehua kilns in Fujian province. Both upper and lower parts are decorated with moulded scrolling patterns. The inner and outer surfaces are coated in a very finely-crackled qingbai glaze that has just a hint of blue. The slightly concave base remains unglazed.
Diameter 12 cm. This is a very nice example although there are minor faults: there are mino...
Description:
A Jianyang hare-furs tea bowl was in very good condition.
In regular size, the bowl was stand on a well-defined foot ring.
Characteristically both on glaze and on the body clay, the bowl was in decent look with clear and charming hare-furs effects.
The hare-furs were in short-hairs' type which was an exact depiction for the animal's furs.
On the mouth rim, there had been metal band being wrapped around, now was faded and was left only with metal debris for ve...
Large 17 1/2"H lidded jar finely painted in the Kangxi style in sapphire blue on a white porcelain ground. The decoration features a pheasant on a rocky outcropping surrounded by flowering plants which extend around the circumference of the vase and up to the neck, where a second bird perches on a flowering branch. A blue foo lion finial tops the domed cover. The base is encircled by a band of crested waves. The shoulder panel decoration features lotus flowers on a mosaic ground. The shape ...
Description:
A wood stand was well preserved.
It was in good mood with literati taste.
Date: Qing Dynasty, Late 19th Century.
Width: 45cm, Depth: 24.3cm.
