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19 mars 2009

A painted pottery storage jar. Neolithic Period, Banshan Style

A painted pottery storage jar. Neolithic Period, Banshan Style Presented with a short trumpet neck and a pair of flattened loop handles just below its wide, curving shoulders, the body sharply tapering inward above a flat base, the upper surfaces painted...

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Tags: Pottery, Banshan Style, Neolithic Period, storage jar

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19 mars 2009

A Dingyao dish with molded decoration. Jin Dynasty

A Dingyao dish with molded decoration. Jin Dynasty Its shallow curving well centered with a double-fish roundel and six slightly raised ribs radiating toward the unglazed rim now mounted with a copper band, the glaze across the front and underside of...

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Tags: Jin Dynasty, Dingyao

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19 mars 2009

A white lacquered softwood side table 19th Century

A white lacquered softwood side table 19th Century Its top built with transverse planks above set-in aprons arching downward to either side of the square-sectioned legs with transverse stretchers, the surfaces covered in white lacquer and the feet mounted...

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Tags: 19th century, Side Table, softwood, white lacquered

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19 mars 2009

Freer and Sackler Galleries Launch Web Site for World War II Provenance Project

Chinese Bronze Ritual Vessel; Early Western Zhou Dynasty, 11th Century B.C..; Purchase, Freer Gallery of A rt, F1938.20 WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery have launched a Web site that allows public...

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Tags: C.T. Loo, the Freer and Sackler galleries

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17 mars 2009

A Pair of Chinese Tang dynasty painted pottery horses and riders. China, Tang Dynasty

A Pair of Chinese Tang dynasty painted pottery horses and riders. China, Tang Dynasty terracotta. 16in. (41cms) high. Price: £5,000.00 A pair of Chinese painted pottery figures of officials on horseback, the horses with mains and open mouths, the officials...

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Tags: Tang dynasty, terracotta

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17 mars 2009

A massive Chinese bronze incense-burner and cover, China; 18th century

A massive Chinese bronze incense-burner and cover, China, 18th century bronze. 19in. (49cms) long A massive Chinese bronze incense-burner and cover modelled as a finger citrus, branches forming the handle and legs from which flowering leafy tendrils climb...

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Tags: bronze, 18th century, incense-burner and cover

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17 mars 2009

Chinese Han dynasty bronze wine-flask, China, Western Han dynasty

Chinese Han dynasty bronze wine-flask, China, Western Han dynasty bronze. 13in. (33cms) wide Price: £2,400 (Sold) A Chinese bronze flattened wine-flask, or Bianhu, with garlic neck and mask and loose ring handles, brightly patinated with large areas of...

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Tags: bronze, Western Han Dynasty, wine-flask

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16 mars 2009

Large White Glazed Stoneware Jar and Cover (Wan Nian Guan). Tang dynasty, 8th-9th century. North China

Large White Glazed Stoneware Jar and Cover (Wan Nian Guan). Tang dynasty, 8th-9th century. North China Height: 21 in, 52 cm Note: This magnificent jar and cover of remarkable size is of a purely Chinese form known as a wan nian guan or ten thousand year...

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Tags: Tang dynasty, Jar and cover, Stoneware, Wan Nian Guan, White Glazed

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16 mars 2009

Sancai and Blue Glazed Candlestick. Tang Dynasty, first half of the 8th century. Gongxian, Henan Province. Glazed Earthenware

Sancai and Blue Glazed Candlestick. Tang Dynasty, first half of the 8th century. Gongxian, Henan Province. Glazed Earthenware Height: 12 ¼ in, 32 cm Note: This example is particularly noteworthy for its large size and for the careful and exact application...

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Tags: Tang dynasty, candlestick, Blue Glazed, Gongxian, Henan Province, Glazed Earthenware, Sancai

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16 mars 2009

Blue Glazed Pottery Tripod Jar and Cover (Fu). Tang dynasty, late 7th – early 8th century. Gongxian, Henan Province.

Blue Glazed Pottery Tripod Jar and Cover (Fu). Tang dynasty, late 7th – early 8th century. Gongxian, Henan Province. Height: 9 ½ in, 24 cm. Note: This remarkable jar, still retaining its original cover, represents the highest achievement of the Tang potters...

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Tags: Tang dynasty, Jar and cover, Blue Glazed, Fu, Gongxian, Henan Province, Pottery

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