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...
Description:
A Yaozhou water dropper was presented in perfect condition.
The glaze condition was very good except some incursions had been happened to the rim of the venting hole and the beak-like mouth.
Amusingly found at the bottom, there were three padding clays were still adhered without being removed.
It was really rare to find an ancient porcelain ware which was solely for scholar use.
A similar piece but from Longquan site was documented...
Description: A triad of brown glazed figurines (two officials and one servant) were preserved in good condition except one minor fret on one of the doll's shoulder. Very amusing pieces indeed. Height: 5.7cm, 5.5cm, 5.4cm.
Longquan bowl decorated with incised lotus petals rising from foot to the exterior and flower motif in the center. Covered with green glaze. Southern Song 12th-13th century. Condition : very good with faint hairline, no chips, cracks and free from restoration Diameter: 16.5cm and High: 6 cm
Description: A black-glazed Jianyang tea bowl was in a rarely-seen unique and great look...
Description:
A Yaozhou bowl was mold in curved rim.
Well carved with floral motifs on the surface outside the bowl, the bowl was stand on a circular foot ring.
Padding grits were preserved at the bottom when incursions were happened to the mouth rim and on the ridges of the patterns where the glaze was thinner.
It was in perfect condition.
Iridescent effects were reflected in the glaze.
Date: Song/Jin periods, 11th/12th centuries...
Description:
A Changsha bowl was painted in the cavetto with motif of bird and water weeds.
Maneuvered by deft brush strokes, the picture was vividly rendered with simple lines.
The bowl was heavily potted and was revealed with rough-feel body clay underside.
The characteristic disk-like foot ring was well shaped.
It was applied with white lining paint before dipping into to the brownish pigment and commencing the picture...
Description:
A Qingbai covered box was beautifully mold in a form of a pair of Mandarin Ducks.
By greenish-white tint reflected in the glaze, the birds were well depicted in the detailed features and on the overall look.
For authentication:
1, Minute pinpoint incursions were happened while obvious crackles were spread under the glaze.
2, The burial dirt was reserved at the inner side and at the bottom of the box for verification.
3, From the characteristics of the...
Large Chinese Song / Yuan Dynasty Painted Pottery Buddhist Jar with Sanskrit Inscription
This large pottery jar was made during the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279), or possibly the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368) and has been been excavated from a Buddhist site in Yunnan province.
It is made from a buff-coloured pottery and a very elegant example of its type. It stands on quite an elaborate integral pedestal with the lower body decorated with bands of applied lotus leaves...
Golden celadon porcelain decorated with incised chrysantemum scroll on the interior, unglazed base.PERIOD : Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368 AD) MEASUREMENTS: 13.5 cm wide, 6 cm tall. CONDITION: excellent, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restotration.
Description: A white glazed covered box was made in plain and simple form. Condition is very good except one minor manufacturing chip at the inner rim of the cover.
Date: Early 20th Century
Width: 6.1cm Height: 2.0cm
Provenance: Jingdezheng
Rare Chinese Song Dynasty Zoomorphic Water Pot with Dragon Handle
This very rare vessel, a water pot, was made during the Northern Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1127). The vessel is zoomorphic being in the form of a recumbent animal with four legs/feet tucked under its body. Where an animal's head would be is a wide circular pouring spout. The applied handle is in the form of a dragon...
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.
Description: A blue-glazed tea bowl from Jun kiln was well mold in a decent look. Being applied with light bluish glaze all over the surface only stop nearing to the foot ring, the bowl was decorated characteristically by some splashes of purple glaze in the cavetto and on the outer surface. Subtly rendered under firing in the kiln, the charming glaze effects were harmonized to the blue glaze by the crackled and fish-scales like condition...
Porcelain covered with green glaze , unglazed concave base. PERIOD : Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368 AD) MEASUREMENTS:9 cm wide, 7 cm tall. CONDITION: no chips, cracks or hairlines and free from restoration.
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...
Description: A celadon tripod censer was from Longquan kiln of Yuan Dynasty.
Applied with light-green glaze, the censer was mold on the outer surface with Eight Trigarms for decoration.
Supported by three slightly everted feet and with the circular foot ring at the bottom, the censer was in elegant flatten form...
Longquan bowl covered with greyish green glaze. Glazed Base. Southern Song 12th-13th century. Condition : no chips, hairlines or cracks and free from restoration.
Diameter: 13.5cm