Fine Chinese Han Dynasty Glazed Pottery Hu Jar

This attractive small pottery jar of "hu" form was made some 2,000 years ago during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). It is made from a reddish pottery, coated in a finely-cracked green glaze that varies in thickness. In places it has acquired a silvery iridescence, a result of exposure to moisture during its long burial. There are lightly incised decorative bands surrounding the body...

Chinese Han Dynasty Glazed Pottery Hu Jar

This attractive pottery jar of classical "hu" form was made some 2,000 years ago during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). It is quite "heavily-potted" and made from a highly-fired reddish pottery, coated in a finely-cracked green glaze that varies in colour and glossiness according to its varying thickness. There are decorative bands and ridges around its neck, mouth and body. The flat, slightly concave base remains unglazed...

Fine Chinese Han Dynasty Glazed Pottery Hu Jar

This attractive pottery jar of "hu" form was made some 2,000 years ago during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). It is quite "heavily-potted" and made from a high-fired reddish pottery, coated in a thick dark green glaze. This jar is of a particularly pleasing form, with its body a little wider and its neck a little shorter than most known examples. It is simply decorated with incised bands surrounding the neck and body...

A Chinese White Glazed Dish with a Painted Seated Lady and Scenery. Circa, 1368-1644, Cizhou Ware, Ming Dynasty. Found in the Philippines. Dish covered in a white slip and is adorned with a painted seated lady amongst a scenery of vegetations and clouds, bordered by encircling lines in black underglaze decorations...

Rare “kiln waster” possibly from the Qingliangsi Kiln, Baofeng, Henan- see reference in last enlargement. D: 11.8cm/4.7in and H: 4cm/1.6in. Very shiny black glaze. There is one star crack on the side as well as “slag” adhesions on the rim. Please examine enlargements.

A Chinese Celadon Glazed Covered Box with a Carved Floral Decoration. Circa, 10th Century, Yue Ware, Late 5 Dynasties - Northern Song Dynasty. Found in the Philippines. Stoneware box topped with a corresponding cover and is adorned with a carved and combed decoration of a flower. It is covered overall in an olive-green 'Yue' celadon glaze. Measurements: diameter (4”inches across). Condition: in perfect condition with no damages and no repairs...

A Chinese Celadon Glazed Covered Box. Circa, 10th Century, Yue Ware, Song Dynasty. Found in the Philippines. Stoneware covered box with a carved and combed floral decoration. Covered overall in a grey-green glaze, except for its foot rim and base. Measurements: diameter (9.8cm across). Condition: in perfect condition...

A Chinese Qingbai Glazed Bowl with Inward Folding Shoulders. Circa, 10th Century, Jingdezhen, Northern Song Dynasty. Found in the Philippines. Featuring a thinly potted bowl with outward slanting walls, rising from a flat base, folding inward to its shoulders and flaring out to a slightly everted rim. It is covered overall in a greenish-white glaze, except for its base, exposing its darkened firing support...

Very Rare Chinese Neolithic Pottery Finishing Tool

This very rare pottery tool was made over 4,000 years ago during the Machang phase (c.2300 - 2000 BC) of the Majiayao culture from present day Gansu or Qinghai province. It was used for smoothing / burnishing the surface of pottery vessels. Length 8 cm. "Calcified" soil deposits on surface in places, no sign of repair.

Such tools are extremely rare. We purchased this back in the 1990s when we purchased many Neolithic pottery vessels...

Fine & Rare Chinese Neolithic Banpo Burnished Pottery Bottle with Oxford TL Test

This fine, elegant and incredibly ancient pottery vessel was made over 6,000 years ago during the Banpo phase (c. 4800 - 4300 BC) of the Yangshao culture in present-day Shaanxi province. It is quite heavily-potted and very finely finished with its attractive form and very smooth burnished surface...

Fine Chinese Neolithic Xiajiadian Culture Burnished Pottery Li Tripod

This fine pottery vessel was made some 4,000 years ago by people of the Xiajiadian culture (c...

Rare Chinese Neolithic Pottery Jar - Siwa Culture (c. 1350 BC)

This attractively-shaped pottery jar dates to the Siwa culture (c. 1350 BC), one of the later Chinese Neolithic cultures overlapping the Bronze Age. It has a wide body with a relatively small flat base. There are two loop handles joining the shoulder to the mouth which is of the form sometimes referred to as "saddle-shaped". The varying surface colours are due to uneven firing conditions during manufacture.

Most known Siwa j...

Rare Chinese Neolithic Pottery Jar - Siwa Culture (c. 1350 BC)

This attractively-shaped pottery jar dates to the Siwa culture (c. 1350 BC), one of the later Chinese Neolithic cultures overlapping the Bronze Age. It has a wide body with a relatively small flat base. There are two loop handles joining the shoulder to the mouth which is of the form sometimes referred to as "saddle-shaped". The varying surface colours are due to uneven firing conditions during manufacture.

Most known Siwa j...

A Chinese White Glazed Dish with a Painted Crane Decoration and Overglaze Splashes. Circa, 1368-1644, Cizhou Ware, Ming Dynasty. Found in the Philippines. Dish covered in a white glaze, painted in black and tannish overglaze splashes. It is decorated with a scenery of a spontaneously drawn centralized crane with vegetation and clouds, bordered by scrolls. These types of dishes with a spontaneously drawn motif in iron-brown or underglaze black and sometimes come in yellow-orange or tann...

A Chinese Qingbai Glazed Vase with Floral Decoration and Petalled Rim. Circa, 13th-14th Century, Jingdezhen Kilns, Southern Song-Yuan Dynasty. Found in the Philippines. Featuring a baluster shaped body that is raised on a flaring foot. Its long straight neck flares to an undulating rim with down turned petal-tips. Its body is carved in shallow relief of a floral decoration. Its neck is decorated with a band of incised upright petals. The vase is covered with a translucent light-green glaze...

Fine Chinese Western Han Dynasty Burnished Pottery Jar

This fine and rare pottery jar was made during Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8) or possibly a little earlier. It is made from a relatively highly-fired fine-grained grey pottery and has a burnished surface, very smooth to the touch. The wide body is decorated with two raised bands around the waist that have been impressed with geometric patterns. Around the shoulder there are two bands of impressed lines. Above the short neck is a ver...

A Chinese Celadon Glazed Bowl with Carved Decoration. Circa, 960-1279, Fujian Ware, Song Dynasty. Found in the Philippines. Bowl with a carved centralized flower inside upright sprays, bordered by combed lines and is covered overall in a green celadon glaze, except for the base. Measurements: diameter (7.5”inches) across. Condition: there is a very small glaze flake at the corner of the rim but is otherwise in perfect condition. No repairs, UV light checked. Feel free to con...

A Chinese Yue Celadon Glazed Chicken-Head Ewer. Circa, 220-589, Six Dynasties. Found in the Philippines. Featuring a compressed globular body with a short neck that flares to a thick upper flanged rim and a chicken head spout opposite a curved handle. Two lug handles are set on its shoulders and it is covered overall with a green ‘Yue’ celadon glaze except for the base. Measurements: height (6.5”inches). Condition: in perfect condition. No repairs, UV light checked. Photos...