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 been fired to an attractive orange-red and has a burnished surface making it smooth to the touch and a pleasure to handle. 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 ...

A fine Chinese snuff bottle, made of molded porcelain decorated with a dragon and a phoenix among clouds in relief. With gilt mouth and base rim. The stopper is lost, the mouth with an old restoration. Condition: traces of usage, mouthrim with restoration, without stopper, slightly pitted. Dimension: total height: c. 7.6 cm, c. 4.1 cm wide, c. 2.5 cm deep.

Vase in embossed copper, gilded with mercury. Decor of Phoenix, clouds and sacred pearls also in embossed and riveted metal. On the sides the 2 handles are formed of Buddhist lion masks. The drawings are of good quality and the carvings are precise. Chinese work from the Qing period (late 17th, early 20th century) no mark, difficult to date precisely, probably from the Qianlong or Kia-King period, around 1800. Height: 48cm Width: 42cm Good general condition, gilding worn in places, complete, n...

Teapot of exceptional dimensions in tinned embossed copper. Finely carved decoration which must refer to the legend of the "4 sleepers", in fact we can distinguish a priest with his tiger on one side and an arhat accompanied by his companion servant of the monastery on the other side. The 4 characters are represented in a mountainous landscape, surrounded by waterfalls, pines, clouds and peonies, all these elements being highly symbolic. The handle is made up of a rolled up lotus leaf, the artis...

Fine Pair Chinese Ming Dynasty Painted Pottery Tiles - Deer & Lion Dog

This fine pair of pottery tiles was made during the Ming Dynasty (AD 1368 - 1644). They are made of a dense grey pottery, quite highly-fired, and have been "cold painted" in various coloured pigments. Each tile is decorated in high relief and in fine detail. The tile on the left features a deer standing in a rocky landscape holding in its mouth a lotus flower. The tile on the right features a Buddhistic lion dog playing w...

A definitely rare and beautiful blue and white pear shaped bottle vase or such called as "Yuhuchunping", decorated with main decoration of the flowers with total nine levels from the top to bottom and painted by Persian cobalt blue near blackish tone. Perfect condition with no any chip, no any crack and free from any restoration. Yuan Dynasty 13th-14th Century. Height: 25,6 cm.

A hand painted cloth banner decorated with imagery by various artists including the Nanga School literati artists Tanomura Chokunyu (1814-1907) and Nakanishi Koseki (1807-1884) as well as Tanaka Koha of the Kagetsuan School of Sencha and Confucian scholar Goto Shoin (1797-1864) and Hirose Kyokuso (1807-1863) who were two of the most important followers of Rai Sanyo. The date Konoe-saru (year of the monkey in metal) is visible in both the central leaf and the lower left gourd image. Judging then...

A gorgeous set of five clam-shell Shaped dishes in organic Chossen Karatsu glaze by Koga Kenji enclosed in the original compartmentalized signed wooden box titled Chossen Karatsu Hamaguri Mukozuke. Each dish is roughly 14 x 16 cm (5-1/2 x 6-1/2 inches) and all are in excellent condition, directly from the artist.
Koga Kenji was born in Fukuoka in 1936, but did not start potting until much later in life, at the age of 38. He opened his own kiln in 1991, exhibiting with the prefectural exhi...

A traditional wide basin decorated with staggering pine in iron by Nakazato Tarouemon XIV enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled E-Karatsu Hachi. It is 26 cm (10-1/4 inches) diameter 11 cm (4-1/4 inches) tall and in excellent condition. Nakazato Taouemon XIV wa born the eldest son of Nakazato Taouemon XIII in 1957. He completed graduate school at the Department of Sculpture at Musashino Art University in 1981. He returned ot the family studio in 1983 and began making pottery. I...

Small chaire, tea caddy for use at the tea ceremony during colder months, in the shape of a double gourd. Thinly wheel turned, cream-colored stoneware covered in a translucent, finely crackled glaze. The crackle has turned brown in larger areas. Over the glaze a design of arabesques, stylized flowers and stylized waves have been applied in over-glaze blue and green enamels and gold. The cover is decorated with circles in light blue enamel and gold.

Unmarked, maker unknown. Kyoto ware, als...

Fine Pair Chinese Ming Dynasty Painted Pottery Tiles - Flying Horse & Tiger

This fine pair of pottery tiles was made during the Ming Dynasty (AD 1368 - 1644). They are made of a dense grey pottery, quite highly-fired, and have been "cold painted" in various coloured pigments. Each tile is decorated in high relief and in fine detail. The tile on the left features a flying horse surrounded by clouds and, possibly, waves. The tile on the right features a big cat, presumably a tiger, clambering ...

Fine Tall Chinese Han Dynasty Painted Pottery "Stick" Girl

This fine and rare painted pottery figure was made during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8), more specifically, the 2nd century BC. It is one of a small variety of known Han Dynasty "stick" figures. The vast majority of "stick" figures represent males; female figures are particularly rare. It is made from a dense fine-grained grey pottery that has been "cold painted" after firing. It is believed that such figures originally h...

Fine Tall Chinese Han Dynasty Painted Pottery "Stick" Girl

This fine and rare painted pottery figure was made during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8), more specifically, the 2nd century BC. It is one of a small variety of known Han Dynasty "stick" figures. The vast majority of "stick" figures represent males; female figures are particularly rare. It is made from a dense fine-grained grey pottery that has been "cold painted" after firing. It is believed that such figures originally h...

An extraordinary one of the rare specimen bowl, decorated with nicely molded incised Dragons on Qingbai fine glazed and with sacrificial red to the outside. Condition is perfect with no any chip, no any crack and free from any restoration. Late Yuan Dynasty to Early Ming Hongwu period. Diameter: 19,7 cm. Found recovered from East Java Indonesia.

A Chinese Longquan Celadon Jarlet with Iron-Spot Decoration. Circa, 14th Century, Yuan Dynasty. Found in the Philippines. Featuring a small celadon jarlet, topped with a matching cover and is adorned with an iron-brown spotted decoration. Measurements: height (3.6"inches). Condition: the glaze is matte probably due to sea water corrosion but is otherwise in perfect condition. No cracks, no chips, no repairs. UV light checked. Photos by: The Oriental Room® Feel free to contac...

A white glazed jar decorated with crackle glazed to the body and two horizontal underglazed copper red Lizard handle. Condition is good excepted reglued to the one of the lizard and tiny chips, no any crack and the other restoration. Rare specimen of Yuan Dynasty on the market. Height: 14 cm

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Japanese plaster mold for clay doll of a head part of high-ranking courtesan, prewar time, early 20th century, 17 x 15 x 11 cm (6.69 x 5.90 x 4.33in). Aged deterioration including stain, scratches, chips, etc.


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Unusual Early Ming Dynasty Hongwu period dish with flower shaped, decorated with Phoenix on flight among chrysanthemum scrolls and plain cavetto. Underside with continuously chrysanthemum flowers, all in blackish tone on creamy yellow. Condition is perfect with no any chip, no any crack and free from any restoration. Diameter: 19 cm. Purchased and collection almost 30 years ago.