Considered with remained white slip and shape of bottom, it is seemed this piece would be made in early Ryao, has Tang -style. It has very clean green glaze. Certification: by Noriki Shimazu the famous researcher with Asian antique in Japan. Size: 11.5cm(D) 9.4cm(H)

Chinese pottery lotus jar.

Age: China, Five Dynasties, A.D. 907 - 960
Size: Height 24.8 C.M. / Width 18.2 C.M.
Condition: Well-preserved old burial condition overall with some amount of soil adhering (some abrasions and wearings on the piece due to the long burial time underground). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

Chinese pottery lotus jar.

Age: China, Five Dynasties, A.D. 907 - 960
Size: Height 27.5 C.M. / Width 17.8 C.M.
Condition: Well-preserved old burial condition overall with some amount of soil adhering (some abrasions and wearings on the piece due to the long burial time underground). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

Chinese pottery lotus jar decorated with twelve zodiac animals.

Age: China, Five Dynasties, A.D. 907 - 960
Size: Height 26.5 C.M. / Width 17 C.M.
Condition: Well-preserved old burial condition overall with some amount of soil adhering (some abrasions and wearings on the piece due to the long burial time underground). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shippi...

Rare Khmer 10th Century Glazed Covered Stoneware Box

This very rare and unusual stoneware box dates to the 9th or 10th century. It is quite "heavily-potted" and coated both inside and out in a thin transparent pale green glaze. Iron particles within the clay appear as black spots in the glaze. Although the base is flat it is a little uneven and the jar appears to "lean" depending on which angle it is viewed at. To the base are purpose-made incised lines, often seen on Khmer ceramics from the...

Khmer 9th - 10th Century Glazed Stoneware Bottle

This small stoneware bottle was made during the 9th -10th Century. It is coated in a very pale and finely-crackled greenish-white glaze that has flaked from the surface in places, this being typical of early Khmer glazes. The body is a little under-fired, being absorbent, and has fired to a pale pinkish-white where unglazed toward the flat base. On opposing sides of the shoulder are two small thick loop handles. Height 10 cm. The mouth edge is...

Large Chinese Neolithic Machang Painted Pottery Jar

This impressive pottery jar was made over 4,000 years ago during the Machang Phase (c. 2300 - 2000 BC) of the Majiayao culture, also known as the Gansu-Yangshao culture, from present day Gansu or Qinghai province. It is quite "heavily-potted" with a smooth surface and is fairly highly-fired. It has a short neck with flared mouth, and two sturdy loop handles on opposing sides at the waist. The outside of the jar and the mouth have been decor...

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...

Dong Son bronze bangle with bell with nice green patina.

Age: Cambodia, Dong Son Period, 500 B.C.
Size: Length 43.4 C.M. / Width 8 C.M.
Size including stand: Height 49.5 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

Chinese Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Zodiac Figure (Tiger)

This pottery "zodiac figure" was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). It is in the form of a robed official figure, hands held together across the chest, with the head of a tiger. It is made from a reddish-brown pottery that has been cold-painted in a creamy-white pigment with pink pigment on top around the head.

This is a good-sized figure with a height of 27.5 cm. There is some surface wear, as should of course be expec...

Group of Four Chinese Three Kingdoms Glazed Pottery Entertainers with Oxford TL Test

This very rare group of glazed pottery entertainers was made during the Three Kingdoms period (AD 220 - 265) or possibly the earlier Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25 - 220). The group comprises two female figures and two male figures. They are made from a reddish-brown pottery and coated in an amber coloured glaze that is slightly crackled. The glaze is mostly quite thick, apart from on the back of the figure stan...

Rare lacquered bronze fibula inlaid with yellow metal nails which seems to be gold because it does not oxidize. The construction of this jewel is special, in fact the bronze base was cast and then pierced with thousands of holes in which tiny nails were fixed, welded or perhaps simply forced in. Then the whole was covered with brown lacquer. This technique gives a solidity that has allowed this fibula to stand the test of time, indeed the lacquer split by retraction but it remained in place firm...

This is an authentic archaic Chinese nephrite jade sword fitting, typical of the style of the Han dynasty, which would have been attached to the pommel of a sword. The obverse features an animal, a tiger or a bear, in profile, while the reverse has a six-character inscription, now somewhat worn. The piece is drilled biconically from top to bottom for attachment. It measures 1-1/2" wide by 1-1/4" in height. Depth is approximately 1/2" (4cm X 3cm X 1mm). The jade is caramel colored with some dark...

This is a diminutive portrayal of a crowned Buddhist figure, most likely a Bodhisattva, dating to circa the 6th century AD, Northern Qi dynasty. Note that the nose and areas of the forehead are darker than the rest of the stone, indicating that they have been rubbed by the hands of worshippers over the centuries, creating a "sweat stain" darkening of the stone. The piece measures 1-1/2" in height and 1-3/4" front to back (depth) (4cm X 5cm), not including the stand (to which it has been permanen...

Very Rare Chinese Han Dynasty "Baby" Pottery Cocoon Jar

This small pottery jar was made during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). This type of jar is known as a "cocoon jar" due to the shape of its body. It is "heavily-potted" and decorated with eight bands of triple-incised lines vertically surrounding the body as well as raised horizontal bands around its neck. It has a smooth burnished surface.

Although many Han Dynasty "cocoon jars" of varying sizes are known, examples of this...

Rare Chinese Neolithic Three-Handled Jar - Qijia Culture

This very rare pottery jar was made around 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Neolithic Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC), from what is now eastern Gansu province, China. They produced a variety of pottery vessels including cord-impressed pottery of many shapes and sizes as well as a variety of finer vessels such as this, with none, one, two or three handles, although those with three handles are extremely rare. It is relatively highly-...

Chinese Early Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Horse / Pony with Oxford TL Test

This attractive pottery model of a saddled horse, or pony, was made during the early part of the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). It is one of a group of four we acquired several years ago, all clearly from the same location. It is quite "heavily-potted" and made from a reddish pottery. It has been "cold-painted" in a base coat of a creamy-white pigment with various other coloured pigments applied on top. Note especially...

Fine Large Chinese Western Han Dynasty Painted Pottery Kneeling Figure (206 BC - AD 8).

This rare pottery figure of a kneeling servant or attendant was made during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). It is made from a grey pottery that is unusually highly-fired, having an almost "metallic" ring to it when tapped. It has been "cold painted" in a base coat of white pigment on top of which have been painted pink, red and black pigments with, remarkably, almost all of the original pigment s...