You are considering an authentic, archaic Chinese jade pendant in the form of an animal mask, dating to the late Shang dynasty. The piece has a perforation inside the raised squarish tube-like structure which might indicate that the piece was intended as the finial to a pin, or an inlay. The piece measures 2-3/4" in length and is 2-1/4" at its widest (7cm X 6cm). A powerful and rare example. Authenticity is guaranteed.

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. 2300 - 1600 BC) from Inner Mongolia. The form of this vessel is characteristic of this Neolithic culture with its wide rim, partly hollow udder-shaped legs and carefully constructed body...

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"...

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"...

Rare Chinese Neolithic Qijia Culture Cord-Impressed Pottery Jar / Bottle

This rare jar, or bottle, was made some 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Neolithic Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC), in the north of China, what is now eastern Gansu province. They produced a variety of pottery vessels including cord-impressed pottery of many shapes and sizes. This particular example is quite "heavily-potted", fairly highly-fired and made from a coarse gritty clay...

Ten Ancient Chinese Bronze Arrowheads - Han Dynasty / Warring States

Here is a group of ten bronze arrowheads from the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220) to the Warring States period (475 - 221 BC). Some have remains of their iron shafts. As seen...

Eight Ancient Chinese Bronze Arrowheads - Han Dynasty / Warring States

Here is a group of eight bronze arrowheads from the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220) to the Warring States period (475 - 221 BC). These all have parts of their shafts and a couple of them seem to be a mixture of bronze for the actual head and iron for the shaft. As seen...

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...

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...

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...

A Chinese Celadon Glazed Jar with Loop Handles. Circa, 618-907, Yue Ware, Tang Dynasty. Found in the Philippines. Featuring a globular body with a short waisted neck that flares out to a flanged rim which is slightly depressed in the center with two loop handles on opposite sides of its shoulders. It is covered overall in an olive green ‘Yue’ celadon glaze, except for the base. Measurements: height (10.5”inches). Condition: there is a line gap on the glaze right above its fo...

A very rare Guanyao Official ware bottle vase with crackles glazed around the body, covered overall with greyish tone celadon glazed. Condition is very good, no any chip, no any crack and free from any restoration or perfect condition. Possibly Southern Song Dynasty Hangzhou Jiaothanxia Guan ware. Height: 11,5 cm.

Fine LARGE Chinese Han Dynasty Pottery Amphora with Oxford TL Test

A superbly conceived design; jars of this general type have been found in excavations dating as far back as the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC). Although perhaps not obviously Chinese in design, this type of vessel is one of the most iconic forms of Han Dynasty period pottery and is thought by many archaeologists to be anthropomorphic, with the shape and "swirling" design of the main body based on the female human form....

Chinese Han Dynasty Pottery Amphora (20cm)

A superbly conceived design; jars of this general type have been found in excavations dating as far back as the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC). Although perhaps not obviously Chinese in design, this type of vessel is one of the most iconic forms of Han Dynasty pottery and is thought by some archaeologists to be anthropomorphic, with the shape and "swirling" design of the main body based on the female human form.

This particular example ...