This is a classical form Song dynasty small moulded longquan or celadon dish with appliqué twin fish in the centre and an everted flatten flatten mouth rim. The exterior  More »

This is a classical form Song dynasty small moulded longquan or celadon dish with appliqué twin fish in the centre and an everted flatten flatten mouth rim. The exterior is moulded with an overlapping upright lotus petal radiating from the foot. The dish is glazed with an uneven light green color with glaze crazing. There is no crack, repair or restoration. Abrasion, manufacturing faults and minute chips on the foot rim, as shown in the picture which does not affect the aesthetic of the dish. Overall, the longquan dish is in good condition. The dimension of the longquan appliqué twin fish dish: The diameter is 14.3cm and the height is 4.3cm. Please refer to our stock # S080811033 when inquiring.   « Less

This is a southern Song dynasty longquan glazed censer in dark olive colour. It stands on three long legs with a globular body with a short straight neck and then everted  More »

This is a southern Song dynasty longquan glazed censer in dark olive colour. It stands on three long legs with a globular body with a short straight neck and then everted towards a slightly flatten mouth rim. On the mouth rim stands two handles opposite each other. This piece is interesting in that on close oberservation, it shows very clearly how this dark olive glazed censer is being produced. It shows how the legs are being attached to the body, the luting of the globular body and the attaching of the two handle to the top of the mouth rim and etc. The longquan censer would make an interesting study piece for those who are interested in studying how the ancient potters produce their ceramics. This is also shown on the photographs. The olive green glazed censer is in good condition with the exception of some abrasion due to long period of burial. There is no repair or restoration or any chip. The measurement of the olive green glazed censer: The height is 12cm and the globular body diameter is 8.8cm Please refer to our stock # S080720032 when inquiring.   « Less

This is a northern Song dynasty green glazed bowl. It stands on a foot rim with a recess base exposing the light buff colour stoneware and then extending upwards with a  More »

This is a northern Song dynasty green glazed bowl. It stands on a foot rim with a recess base exposing the light buff colour stoneware and then extending upwards with a C-shaped rounded body with a rounded rim like a lip. On the cavetto, it is incised with four bud of swirling flowers with lightly combed designed in between and the centre of the bowl. The bowl is in good condition with the exception of minute abrasion and glaze fritting. There is no repair or restoration or any chip. The measurement of the green glazed bowl: The height is 4.5cm and the diameter is 14.7cm. Please refer to our stock # S080715031 when inquiring.   « Less

This is a Tang dynasty funerary sancai or tri-colour tea cup set. It has a tray with seven cups on it. All the items stand on a flat base. The tri-colour is green, beige and  More »

This is a Tang dynasty funerary sancai or tri-colour tea cup set. It has a tray with seven cups on it. All the items stand on a flat base. The tri-colour is green, beige and amber, both in long streak partially outside and inside of the tray and tea cup. There is no repair or restoration, some abrasion and bubble burst. Some expected degradation, chips & minor losses as a consequence of long period of burial and subsequent cleaning. Overall, all the items are in good condition. The dimension of the funerary tea set: The tray Height is 3.2cm and the diameter is 24.5cm. For the tea cup, the height is 2.9cm and the diameter is 5.5cm. Please refer to our stock # T080629009 when inquiring.   « Less

This is a qingpai ewer or jug from the Song Dynasty. The qingapi ewer is of sea greenish hue. It stands on a recess 2 tier base with a curving body of a baluster or bulbous  More »

This is a qingpai ewer or jug from the Song Dynasty. The qingapi ewer is of sea greenish hue. It stands on a recess 2 tier base with a curving body of a baluster or bulbous shape extending towards a flatten shoulder and then a mildly inverted neck and mouth. The body is also lightly incised with some form of design. This is a shipwreck item. The qingpai ewer is in good condition. There is no repair or restoration. There is a manufacturing defect as shown in the picture, a small chip to the cover and minor abrasion. The measurement of the qingpai ewer: The height is 15.8cm and the and the width is 15.9cm.   « Less

This is a nice small qingpai jarlet from the Song Dynasty. The qingpai color is of sky blue hue. It stands on a flat base with a ribbed body with a shoulder towards the mouth  More »

This is a nice small qingpai jarlet from the Song Dynasty. The qingpai color is of sky blue hue. It stands on a flat base with a ribbed body with a shoulder towards the mouth rim. On the shoulder it has a ring of lotus leave life lappet. The qingpai jarlet is in good condition. No chip, repair, restoration or glaze fritting, only some bubble burst as shown in the pictures. The measurement of the qingpai jarlet: The height is 4.2cm and the and the width is 5.3cm. Please refer to our stock # S080706029 when inquiring.   « Less

This is a nice conical shaped Song dynasty (960 – 1276) medium size bowl of light grayish glaze. It stands on a short foot rim and recessed base rising to an everted  More »

This is a nice conical shaped Song dynasty (960 – 1276) medium size bowl of light grayish glaze. It stands on a short foot rim and recessed base rising to an everted conical shaped glazed body stopping short of the rim, exposing the stoneware of light grey colour. On the inside of the bowl, along the cavetto, it is incised with a cloud like motif with light combed hair line mark. On the base inside of the conical bowl, some minutes shaved particles could be seen. It has a smooth mat glaze, not too glossy. The bowl has minor abrasion, minute chip on rim, manufacturing fault and bubble burst which does not affect the aesthetic. Please refer to the photo. There is no hairline crack, chip, repair or restoration. Overall the bowl is in good condition. The measurement of the Song dynasty greyish glazed bowl is: Diameter 19.3cm and the Height is 7.5cm. Please refer to our stock # S071007028 when inquiring.   « Less

This is a small and thinly potted Song Dynasty (960 – 1276) small yingqing bowl. It stands on a short glazed foot rim and base rising to an everted c-shaped glazed  More »

This is a small and thinly potted Song Dynasty (960 – 1276) small yingqing bowl. It stands on a short glazed foot rim and base rising to an everted c-shaped glazed body stopping short of the rim. Both the rim inside and outside of the bowl is unglazed exposing the porcellanous body. The small yingqing bowl has abrasion, glaze crazing, pin holes and a small chip on the rim which can be seen in all the pictures. There is no repair or restoration. Overall the bowl is in good condition. The measurement of the yingqing bowl is: Diameter 14.7cm and the Height is 3.7cm. Please refer to our stock # S070930027 when inquiring.   « Less

This is a Song dynasty qingbai appliqué dragon funerary vase in high relief. It has a short splay foot rim, then everted upward to a u-shaped body with a slight tilted  More »

This is a Song dynasty qingbai appliqué dragon funerary vase in high relief. It has a short splay foot rim, then everted upward to a u-shaped body with a slight tilted wide shoulder and with a finger pinched moulded rim. From the center of the shoulder rises a long neck winding upward edges, like the ancient tower of Babylon, towards what looks like a garlic head rim. It has a five claws dragon coiling round the neck of the vase chasing after the flaming pearl in the sky. Two of the claws are seen clutching the flaming pearl, one in the front claws and another in the back claws. The other two claws are seen resting on the molded shoulder rim. As a funerary and burial object, abrasions, chips and glaze fritting can be expected. There are some restorations to the appliqué as shown by the yellowish patches of restoration work, mostly on the dragon and the clouds. Please refer to the photos attached to view the condition. The measurement of the yingqing funerary vase: the height is 23.6cm and the width is 13cm. Please refer to our stock # S070925026 when inquiring.   « Less

This is heavily potted Five dynasties or Northern Song (960 A.D – 1130 A.D) dynasty Yueyao zhadou vessel. It stands on a very slightly splayed shallow foot rim with a  More »

This is heavily potted Five dynasties or Northern Song (960 A.D – 1130 A.D) dynasty Yueyao zhadou vessel. It stands on a very slightly splayed shallow foot rim with a shallow recess, everting towards a baluster shaped body and then towards a wide inverted mouth rim. The whole body is covered with pale green glazed color. Zhadou are commonly used as refuse vessels placed on banqueting table as receptacles for fish or meat bones. There is no repair or restoration but there is extensive degradation to the glaze as shown in all the pictures. The measurement of the yueyao zhadou: The height is 7.9cm and the diameter of mouth rim is 17.1cm. Please refer to our stock # S070801025 when inquiring.   « Less