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#1330
Date: Warring States 453-221 BCE
Medium: Inlaid bronze
Subject: Needle case
Size: 6”H
A rare silver inlaid bronze cylindrical needle case with a flat cover.
This case is also known as a sewing case or possibly a scholar’s container. It is inlaid with a continuous pattern of interlocking scrolls, and has inlay on the lid as well as the bottom. There is a side handle that would have been used to attach this case.
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#1779
Date: Liao Dynasty (c. 916-1125 CE)
Medium: Glazed Pottery
Subject: Pillow
Size: 5 12/” H x 16 ½” L
TL Tested
A Sancai glazed pottery pillow in the form of a butterfly
This delightful and finely crafted pillow is of the type made for nobility. Not only the expense of producing this impressive artifact, but because of ornate hairdos and other considerations, aristocrats were really the sole proprietors of these creations. Lesser ranks had to suffice with more common, yet certainly more comfortable media, such as bamboo to make their pillows.
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#1376
Date: Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368 CE)
Medium: Pottery
Subject: Offering vessel
Size: 10” high
A Yunnan script vessel with dharmachakra lid
Script vessels are the rarest of the unglazed Yunnan offering vessel forms. This example is covered in thirteen rings of neatly incised non-Chinese script, used to write the Sanskrit language. The creamy colored clay is accented by several patches with a soft smoky gray patina, likely the result of firing conditions in the kiln. A Buddhist pattern known as dharmachakra adorns the vessel lid. Also known as the Wheel of Law or the Wheel of Truth, this pattern symbolizes the teachings of Buddha, and the eight paths to enlightenment.
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#1563
Date: Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368 CE)
Medium: Pottery
Subject: Vessel
Size: 14 ½” H
A finely modeled and incised red pottery offering vessel
This vessel has extensive pigment remaining depicting lotus petal from Yunnan Province.
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#307
Date: Warring States period (c. 480-222 BCE)
Medium: Bronze
Subject: Tumbler
Size: c. 6” H
Metallographic report and metallurgical analysis available
A rare Chinese high-tin bronze reticulated pei (tumbler)
Although the form is occasionally described as a censer, this piece is depicting 21 intertwined dragons with finely cast detail
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#523
Date: Western Zhou (c. 1111-770 BCE)
Medium: Bronze
Subject: Vessel
Size: 14 ½” L
Mineralogical and metallographic report, and X-rays available
A large and fine pair of footed and lidded bronze gui
This pair is decorated allover with stylized dragon and phoenix patterns. Even the flared knobs on the lids are decorated with these shallow-relief patterns. Each leg is topped with a zoomorphic mask, suggestive of a tiger.
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#588
Date: Western Han Dynasty (c. 206 BCE - 9 CE)
Medium: Painted pottery
Subject: Vessel
Size: 13 ¼” H
A rare and finely detailed pottery wine vessel in the form of a long-billed bird
Pottery wine vessels in bird forms were at their most popular during the Han Dynasty.
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#597
Date: Neolithic (c. 2500 BCE)
Medium: Painted Pottery
Subject: Vessel
Size: 12 ¼” H
A very nicely painted grain vessel with “burnished” look
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#618
Date: Tang Dynasty (618-906 CE)
Medium: Glazed Pottery
Subject: Vessel
Size: 6”H x 9 ¼”W
TL tested
A glazed lidded teapot with a long handle
This beautifully crafted glazed teapot has an unusually long handle, and retains its original lid.
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#793
Date: Tang Dynasty (c. 618-906 CE)
Medium: Glazed pottery
Subject: Vessel
Size: 7 ¼” H
TL tested
A beautifully decorated and finely glazed “pilgrims” flask
The shape, made popular in ceramic form during the Tang Dynasty, is derived from the canteen shape used by the Northern nomads in earlier periods.
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#805
Date: Song/Yuan (960-1368 CE)
Medium: Pottery
Subject: Offering Vessel
Size: 12 ¼”H
Painted pottery offering vessel
The painted blossoms are still visible on the black ground of this unusual vessel. The lightly frilled finial on the lid is the only sculpted element.
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#810
Date: Song Dynasty (960-1279 CE)
Medium: Glazed porcelain
Subject: Vessel
Size: 5” diam.
A Ying Qing (“shadow-blue”) porcelain bowl
This bowl is of tapering cylindrical form, the exterior molded with an overall petal pattern, it is covered in a pale blue celadon tinted glaze on the interior and exterior leaving the rim unglazed. This piece has incredibly thin walls and a meticulously executed petal design.
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#981
Date: Song/Yuan Dynasty (c. 960-1368 CE)
Medium: Pottery
Subject: Offering vessel
Size: 24” high, 17 ½” diameter
A large terracotta offering vessel with highly domed lid
Lotus petals grace both the body and lid of this large offering vessel from Yunnan Province. The highly domed lid is crowned by a stupa-shaped knob, set above a ring of tiny “piecrust” frills. A ring of larger frills encircles the lid above the rim, and the theme is repeated on the mouth of the vessel.
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#1557
Date: Han Dynasty (c.206 BCE-220 CE)
Medium: Painted pottery
Subject: Vessel
Size: 32” high, 40” diameter
A massive pottery vessel with extensive painted decoration
The remarkably thin wall of this massive Han Dynasty pottery vessel is adorned with four painted panels, separated by wide black bands.
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#1721
Date: Western Han Dynasty (c, 206 BCE-6 CE)
Medium: Pottery
Subject: Vessel
Size: 13½” H x 18” L
A rare and delightful bird form wine vessel
This is one of the largest and most desirable of the known avian design wine vessels found in Shaanxi Province.
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#361
Date: Eastern Han (c. 25-220 CE)
Medium: Glazed pottery
Subject: Oil lamp
Size: c. 32” H
TL tested.
An unusually large Chinese multi-piece green glazed oil lamp with dragons, oil cups and extensive animal designs done in high relief on the base
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