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...

Fine pair of black temmoku bowls with russet rims and traces of silver leaf patterns. Both are in excellent condition. D: 9.1cm x H: 3.9cm. Suitable for tea ceremonies. These are about 90% correct for being of the Song period, but the lack of excavation traces and inside the foot rim being to level and flat throws doubt on this, also the patterns are usually seen on Wuyi Shan Kiln pieces and not in Jianyang.

Antique Chinese pair of porcelain cranes. Each perched on one foot on a rock formation. The feathers have intricate incised details. This pair of cranes symbolize good fortune and prosperity.

Age: mid 20th century

Dimensions: 22" high x 9 1/2" wide

Chinese antique carved panel with fu-lions. Scene of two frolicking fu-lions (shi-shi) and large peony blossoms. Carved of hardwood and accented with gold lacquer.
Shishi (fu-dogs, fu-lions) are strong and playful Buddhist protectors.

Age: early 20th century

Dimensions: Hight: 17", Width: 34"

Large Chinese late Qing dynasty pewter double-handled lidded teapot decorated in low relief with calligraphy and a crane among flowering foliage. A separate removable strainer is in the interior. Measures 7” high to top of finial x 9” across to the end of the spout. Late 19th to early 20th century. Very good overall condition with typical wear. From the estate of Gerhard Lohmeier, a Diplomat at the German Embassy in Beijing from 1985 to 1989...

Full set of 24 prints- published in 1972. Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Hardcover. Folio. Mc-Graw Hill Book Comapny, New York. 1972. 56 pgs, followed by 24 plates. Parts adapted from the author's previous books of 1940, 1943, and 1947. Plates printed in Switzerland. The box is broken and the leaves are coming off the spine. The prints are in good condition and suitable for framing...

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...

A delicately cast Chinese bronze censer, gui, after a Zhou dynasty original. Song to early Ming dynasty, 12th-14th century. 15 cms. wide. From a private Dutch collection.

This is a beautifully carved Jade mythical animal known as a Bixie...

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 rectangular porcelain snuff bottle, finely painted with ladies in a mountainous landscape respectively in a garden. Enameled in the "Famille rose" palette, the sides with stylized dragon heads between lattice work in overglaze blue. The mouthrim with gilding residue, the stopper made of amber-imitating material, bone spoon. Condition: mouthrim slightly chipped, wear to decoration, some fritting. Dimension: total height: c. 5.8 cm, 3.3 x 1.7 cm.

Antique Chinese bronze vase in the shape of a ritual libation vessel (gu). Cast with archaic form and motifs. The gu form vessel was first developed in the Shang Dynasty when it was used for both drinking wine and for offering ritual libations. This 19th century version displays the traditional characteristics (the slender, sloping form and trumpet-like neck). With a single character on the bottom inside.

Age: 19th century

Dimensions: 9 3/4" high x 5" wide

Old Taoist priest's robe, from The Yao ethnic group Southwest China. There are various Taoist deities, dragons and other mythical beasts embroidered on handwoven cloth and also has handwoven hemp lining. The rest of the robe is made from commercial cloth. W: 190cm/74 x H: 100cm/39in. Some of the threads are loose or pulled so please examine the enlargements carefully. The embroidered area is quite old dating to first half of the 20th century or earlier.

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...