Fine & Rare Chinese Neolithic Pottery Tripod

This fine and interesting pottery vessel was made over 3,000 years ago during the Chinese Neolithic or early Bronze Age. The form is of a cooking vessel and the three wide udder-shaped legs allow it to be stood in a fire with as much heat as possible being transmitted to its contents. It is not always easy to determine exactly which culture such vessels come from as similar vessels were made by various Chinese cultures...

Rare Chinese Neolithic Pottery Tripod

This fine and interesting pottery vessel was made over 3,000 years ago during the Chinese Neolithic or early Bronze Age. The form is of a cooking vessel and the three wide udder-shaped legs allow it to be stood in a fire with as much heat as possible being transmitted to its contents. It is not always easy to determine exactly which culture such vessels come from as similar vessels were made by various Chinese cultures...

Fine Chinese Neolithic Pottery Tripod with Oxford TL Test

This fine and interesting pottery vessel was made over 3,000 years ago during the Chinese Neolithic or early Bronze Age. The form is of a cooking vessel and the three wide udder-shaped legs allow it to be stood in a fire with as much heat as possible being transmitted to its contents. It is not always easy to determine exactly which culture such vessels come from as similar vessels were made by various Chinese cultures...

A Chinese, Yue ware, jar; Western Jin dynasty. C4th. The jar is of squat form with four handles, and an imprinted diaper-pattern in a band around the shoulder. The celadon glaze is in good condition, and terminates above the flat, unglazed foot. The interior of the jar is unglazed. Diameter, approximately 16 cm. Condition: The glaze quality is good, with an even crazing. There is an old repair to the rim, approximately 5 cm wide...

A Chinese, amber glazed, covered jar; Tang dynasty. Elegantly rising, this high-shouldered jar is covered by an amber coloured glaze which terminates, unevenly, above the slightly-splayed foot. The matching lid is covered in the same amber glaze. The paste is of a light, buff colour. Height; 21.5 cm, including cover. Condition; in generally good, unrestored condition. There are a couple of small chips to the underside of the jar's mouth-rim...

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

This attractively-shaped pottery vessel was made over 3,000 years ago by peoples of the Siwa Culture (c.1350 BC) from present day Gansu or Qinghai province. It is quite "heavily-potted" and fairly highly-fired...

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

This attractively-shaped pottery vessel was made over 3,000 years ago by peoples of the Siwa Culture (c.1350 BC) from present day Gansu or Qinghai province. It is quite "heavily-potted" and fairly highly-fired...

Fine Chinese Western Han Dynasty Painted Pottery Lian Tripod

This fine example of a pottery vessel known as a "lian" was made during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). It is made from a fine-grained grey earthenware, quite highly-fired, having a distinct ring to it when tapped. The wide body is of cylindrical form with a straight wall and stands upon three legs, each moulded into the form of a bear...

Fine & Rare Chinese Neolithic Xindian Culture Painted Pottery Jar

This rare pottery jar was made around 3,000 years ago by peoples of the Neolithic Xindian culture (c. 1200 - 500 BC). The Xindian culture is a relatively late Neolithic culture and overlaps with the Chinese Bronze Age...

Rare Large Chinese Neolithic Xindian Culture Pottery Jar

This very rare pottery jar was made around 3,000 years ago by peoples of the Neolithic Xindian culture (c. 1200 - 500 BC). The Xindian culture is a relatively late Neolithic culture and overlaps with the Chinese Bronze Age...

Fine Chinese Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Horse & Rider with Dog

This fine and attractive model of a horse & rider, together with a dog sitting on the horse's back behind the rider, was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). Although such models with dogs are known, they are very rare.

It is made from a relatively high-fired orange-brown pottery that has been cold-painted in various coloured pigments, very good traces of which still remain...

Fine Chinese Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Horse & Rider with Dog

This fine and attractive model of a horse & rider, together with a dog sitting on the horse's back behind the rider, was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). Although such models with dogs are known, they are very rare.

It is made from a relatively high-fired orange-brown pottery that has been cold-painted in various coloured pigments, very good traces of which still remain. It is well-modelled and nicely painted w...

A Fine Pair of Chinese Ming Dynasty Glazed & Painted Pottery Horses with Riders

This fine and attractive pair of pottery horses with riders was made during the early part of the Ming Dynasty (!368 - 1644). They are made from a creamy-white pottery with features picked out in turquoise and purple glazes that have, in places, acquired a silvery iridescence due to time and exposure to moisture. The bodies of the horses have been cold-painted in a white pigment, the riders in an orange pigment. ...

Fine & Rare Chinese Early Tang Dynasty Pottery Camel

This fine and very rare pottery model of a camel was made during the early part of the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906).

The camel stands upright and alert and has a very "friendly" looking face! It is laden with a back pack together with, on each side, a water container and a rabbit.

It is unusually "heavily-potted" and made from a dense creamy-white, almost pale pink, pottery that is quite highly-fired. The thickness of the pottery c...

Fine & Rare Pair of Tall Chinese Han Dynasty Painted Pottery Incense Burners (with Oxford TL Test)

This pair of unusually tall and elaborate incense burners was made during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). They are made from quite a high-fired fine-grained grey pottery that has been decorated with multiple bands of "cold- painted" red pigment. Each incense burner comprises two parts: the lower part has a wide saucer with a stem leading to the container for burning the incense, which is alm...

Chinese Ming Dynasty Painted Pottery Horse & Rider

This pottery model of a horse & male rider was made during the early Ming Dynasty (AD 1368 - 1644), possibly even as early as the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368). It is made from a reddish earthenware that has been cold-painted in many different coloured pigments. Note the detail, for example, to the clothing and the stirrups.

Height 31.5 cm. There are some minor losses and minor repairs, for example, to the lower legs. In places there are...

Fine Tall Chinese Western Han Dynasty Painted Pottery Granary Jar with Cover

This fine painted pottery jar, complete with its original cover, represents a granary and was made during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). It is made from a fairly high-fired earthenware, the surface colour, due to uneven conditions during firing, varying from pale grey to a reddish-brown. It has been cold-painted with an elaborate design comprising bands of geometric and swirling cloud patterns in various c...

Fine & Rare Chinese Western Han Dynasty Pottery Rice Mill / Millstone

This pottery model of a millstone, for grinding grain, was made during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8) or possibly a little earlier. It is "heavily-potted" and made from a dense grey pottery. The millstone itself is separate whilst the base, for collecting the ground flour, stands on four sturdy legs.

It is a sizeable item at approximately 23 cm square, with a height of 12 cm. A very rare item in exceptional co...