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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1910 item #1480835 (stock #MC217)
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GBP £250.00
Large Chinese Qing Dynasty Carved & Painted Pottery Floral Tile

This decorative pottery tile was made during the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912). It is made from a dense grey pottery. The surface has been carved with an attractive floral design featuring leaves and a flower blossom within a circular border. It has been cold-painted with various coloured pigments...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1910 item #1480837 (stock #MC219)
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GBP £250.00
Large Chinese Qing Dynasty Decorative Carved & Painted Pottery Tile

This large pottery tile was made during the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912). It is made from a dense grey pottery. The surface has been carved with a scene featuring an official holding a hu (an audience tablet) whilst being cooled by a servant. In front of the official is a censer with wisps of incense smoke coming from it...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1910 item #1480836 (stock #MC218)
BRIAN PAGE ORIENTAL ART
GBP £250.00
Large Chinese Qing Dynasty Carved & Painted Pottery Floral Tile

This decorative pottery tile was made during the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912). It is made from a dense grey pottery. The surface has been carved with an attractive floral design featuring two flower blossoms within a circular border. It has been cold-painted with various coloured pigments. It would once have been part of a series of similar tiles adorning a wall.

It is quite large, measuring around 27 cm (10.5 inches) square...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1479403 (stock #MC119)
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GBP £60.00
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Chinese 19th Century Blue & White Porcelain Box with Inscription

This blue & white porcelain box was made during the late 19th century or possibly the early 20th century. It is heavily-potted and glazed, both inside and out, the glaze a little crackled in places. The outer surface is covered in a geometric/floral pattern in underglaze blue. Inside the box and the cover are characters etched into the glaze; we have not had these translated although we believe they are words of memorial...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1900 item #1488039 (stock #MC279)
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GBP £65.00
Chinese 19th Century Glazed Stoneware Shipwreck Jar

Many years ago we bought a small group of jars of this type. We were told they dated to the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279) and had been in storage, having several years earlier been recovered from a shipwreck off Thailand. To the base of each jar is written an inventory number (we were told around 200 of these jars were excavated but how accurate this is, we do not know)...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1900 item #1488040 (stock #MC278)
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GBP £65.00
Chinese 19th Century Glazed Stoneware Shipwreck Jar

Many years ago we bought a small group of jars of this type. We were told they dated to the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279) and had been in storage, having several years earlier been recovered from a shipwreck off Thailand. To the base of each jar is written an inventory number (we were told around 200 of these jars were excavated but how accurate this is, we do not know)...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1700 item #1479695 (stock #MA018)
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GBP £395.00
Chinese Ming Dynasty Painted Pottery Mandarin Tile

This attractive pottery tile depicting a mandarin (Chinese official) was made during the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644). It is made from a dense, quite highly-fired grey pottery. The mandarin wears a flowing robe, belted across his waist, with his badge of rank in the centre of his chest. In his left hand is what appears to be a hu (audience tablet). Note also the mandarin's hat and long beard & moustache...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1700 item #1486230 (stock #MC332)
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GBP £42.00
Ancient Chinese Buddhist Pottery Amulet - Ming Dynasty

This is one of a group of moulded pottery tablets that we bought about twenty years ago. They are made from a relatively high-fired pottery and many have a surprising amount of detail. They were made as amulets and votive offerings and were reported to have been excavated from the foundations of an ancient Buddhist temple, where originally many would have been placed to ensure the success of the temple...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1700 item #1480364 (stock #MC209)
BRIAN PAGE ORIENTAL ART
GBP £695.00
Fine Chinese Ming Dynasty Painted Pottery Mandarin Tile

This attractive and very detailed pottery tile depicting a mandarin (Chinese official) was made during the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644). It is made from a dense grey pottery. The mandarin wears a flowing robe, belted across his waist, with his badge of rank in the centre of his chest. In his right hand is what appears to be a hu (audience tablet) and in his left hand an object upon which is a small animal...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1700 item #1479694 (stock #MA017)
BRIAN PAGE ORIENTAL ART
GBP £395.00
Chinese Ming Dynasty Painted Pottery Mandarin Tile

This attractive pottery tile depicting a mandarin (Chinese official) was made during the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644). It is made from a dense, quite highly-fired grey pottery...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1700 item #1487752 (stock #ML011)
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GBP £330.00
Chinese Ming Dynasty Glazed Pottery Altar Table with Food Offerings

An impressive pottery model of a laden table made during the 16th century (c. 1550 - 1600), from a hard creamy-white pottery. On the table are twelve dishes containing various foods, some stacked, including a duck, fish and a boar's head. The table top cold-painted in a black pigment, the rest of the table and the items coated in green, yellow and golden-brown glazes that have, in places, acquired a silvery iridescence, a re...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1700 item #1486225 (stock #MC328)
BRIAN PAGE ORIENTAL ART
GBP £50.00
Ancient Chinese Buddhist Pottery Amulet - Ming Dynasty

This is one of a group of moulded pottery tablets that we bought about twenty years ago. They are made from a relatively high-fired pottery and have a surprising amount of detail. They were made as amulets and votive offerings and were reported to have been excavated from the foundations of an ancient Buddhist temple, where originally many would have been placed to ensure the success of the temple. We find it quite difficult to date thes...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1700 item #1481153 (stock #MC149)
BRIAN PAGE ORIENTAL ART
GBP £50.00
Chinese Ming Dynasty Blue & White Porcelain Dish with Fish (Ex. Grahame Clarke collection)

This porcelain dish was made during the 15th century. It has rounded sides and a "hole-bottom" base. It is decorated inside with, although rather indistinct, a "red biscuit" fish amongst water weeds that are in underglaze blue.

Diameter 11.5 cm. There are some crackles to the glaze and the glaze to the underside has an "orange peel" effect with some kiln grit embedded within the glaze. There is no ...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1700 item #1486228 (stock #MC331)
BRIAN PAGE ORIENTAL ART
GBP £42.00
Ancient Chinese Buddhist Pottery Amulet - Ming Dynasty

This is one of a group of moulded pottery tablets that we bought about twenty years ago. They are made from a relatively high-fired pottery and some have a surprising amount of detail.hey were made as amulets and votive offerings and were reported to have been excavated from the foundations of an ancient Buddhist temple, where originally many would have been placed to ensure the success of the temple. We find it quite difficult to date t...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1700 item #1486223 (stock #MC326)
BRIAN PAGE ORIENTAL ART
GBP £75.00
Ancient Chinese Buddhist Pottery Amulet - Ming Dynasty

This is one of a group of moulded pottery tablets that we bought about twenty years ago. They are made from a relatively high-fired pottery and have a surprising amount of detail. They were made as amulets and votive offerings and were reported to have been excavated from the foundations of an ancient Buddhist temple, where originally many would have been placed to ensure the success of the temple. We find it quite difficult to date thes...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1700 item #1480363 (stock #MC208)
BRIAN PAGE ORIENTAL ART
GBP £695.00
Fine Chinese Ming Dynasty Painted Pottery Mandarin Tile

This attractive and very detailed pottery tile depicting a mandarin (Chinese official) was made during the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644). It is made from a dense grey pottery. The mandarin wears a flowing robe, belted across his waist, with his badge of rank in the centre of his chest. In his left hand is what appears to be a hu (audience tablet) and in his right hand an object upon which appears to be a small animal. Note also the mandari...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1700 item #1486227 (stock #MC330)
BRIAN PAGE ORIENTAL ART
GBP £50.00
Ancient Chinese Buddhist Pottery Amulet - Ming Dynasty

This is one of a group of moulded pottery tablets that we bought about twenty years ago. They are made from a relatively high-fired pottery and have a surprising amount of detail, including the sun and the moon in this example. They were made as amulets and votive offerings and were reported to have been excavated from the foundations of an ancient Buddhist temple, where originally many would have been placed to ensure the success of the...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1700 item #1489661 (stock #MC388)
BRIAN PAGE ORIENTAL ART
GBP £185.00
(Special Offer: was £220)
Tall Chinese Ming Dynasty Glazed Pottery Figure

This pottery model of an official figure was made during the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644). It is quite highly-fired and made from a pale pinkish-brown pottery and includes an integral hexagonal plinth on which the figure stands. The head has been made separately and slots into the hole at the neck. The figure has been coated in green and amber glazes that have, over much of their surfaces, acquired a silvery iridescence, a result of long burial i...