Fine Chinese Antiquities in New York City
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| Well modeled pottery figures of two horses striding forward with head turned to the side, mouth open, ears pricked and knotted tail. Unglazed/painted Tang Dynasty (AD618 - 907) Oxford T.L. tested. H. 22 in (56 cm) L. 21 in (53.5 cm) | |||||
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| Large striding camel with foreign rider traveling with his dog on saddle. Fine details of fur on head, neck and front legs. Detachable saddle pack supporting cargo consisting of flask, carpet and vessel. Pottery, painted/unglazed. H.26.75 in (67.9 cm), L. 25 in (63.5 cm). Oxford T.L. tested. | |||||
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| Well modeled massive pottery white horse with detachable saddle striding forward with head turned to the side, mouth open, ears pricked and knotted tail slightly flicked up in an alert attitude. Tang Dynasty (AD618 - 907) H. 32.25 in (82 cm) L. 30 in (76 cm) Oxford T.L. tested and all samples consistent (head, body and saddle). Sold | |||||
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| Pottery figure of a walking camel with cargo load. Fine details with the neck in an upright position and a curling tail. Painted/unglazed with excellent patina. Tang Dynasty (AD618 - 907) H. 16.75 in (42.5 cm), L. 19.5 (49.5 cm) Oxford T.L. tested. Sold | |||||
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| Pair
of storage vessels with hill-covers. Painted with an intricate scene
of a hunter holding a crossbow and arrow after two hares
in one jar and a deer and hare on the other. The painting all around
the vessel sets among a lavender, orange and white
swirling landscape with a hill cover representing mountains
covered with white clouds. Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220)
H. 18 in (46 cm)
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| Rare green-glazed watchtower
with incised brick motifs, a single door slightly ajar with a balustraded
gallery with four archers positioned at each corner. Fine details with a
bird finial on top of a sloping roof and a circular basin with a fish and a
large turtle at the center of the well. Eastern Han Dynasty (AD25 -
220) H. 27 in (68.7 cm)
Oxford T.L. tested. |
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Pottery figure of a court lady beautifully sculpted with a full face and
plump body wearing a full loose-fitting gown by the waist falling down to
the ground revealing only the tips of the intricate upturned flower shoes
worn in an interior setting. Unusually exposing her hands
positioned as holding a missing bird. Painted/unglazed. Tang
Dynasty (AD618 - 907). H. 13.5 in (34.3 cm)
Oxford T.L. tested. |
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| Rare pair of war
soldiers wearing tiger head hoods adorned with a red round collar and tiger
skin draped over their shoulders on a colorful armor. The horses
dressed with red mane and in full caparison with rosettes, in the shape of
capped mushrooms, on their back and knotted tails. Sui Dynasty
(AD581-618). H. 10.75 (27.3 cm), L. 9 in (23 cm).
Oxford T.L.
tested.
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| Pair
of unglazed/painted pottery "wild horses". Very good details with head
slightly turned with open mouth. Tang Dynasty (AD618-907). H.
13.5 in L. 13 in.
Oxford T.L. tested.
Sold |
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| Very
unusual Buddhist pottery offering
jar or reliquary with a finial lotus flower on top of the lid surrounded by eight concentric spheres within
an eight point star (wheel of law or truth) ending each with a thunderbolt (vajra) on relief
(signifying the completion of all life cycles with the lotus as the symbol
of purity and perfection, the Buddha born into the world rises above it). The body of the vessel is covered by two tiers of foliage leaves, six each,
with the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac and figures of lohans (monks),
as they represented guidance through the different earthly cycles of life.
Yunnan Province. AD10th - 12th C. H.
11.5 in (29.2 cm). |
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| Han Dynasty
column with painted under relief geometrical designs. Western Han
Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). H. 43 in (109.2 cm) L. 11 in (28 cm) W. 6.5 in
(16.5 cm). |
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| Fine
large jar symmetrically shaped, painted with brown swirl and dots motif.
Neolithic period, Machiayao culture, ca. 3500 BC. H. 18.5 in (47 cm).
Oxford
T.L. tested.
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Large red pottery jar with saddle shaped neck and two strap handles.
Neolithic Period, Siwa Culture, ca. 3500 B.C. H. 18 in. (46 cm).
Oxford
T.L. tested.
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Large glazed painted jar with two birds with their expanded wings, as
performing a mating ritual dance, within stylized foliate design over a
white glaze on the upper half section, with four ribbed handles in the shape
of leaves protruding from the base of the neck; as the lower half uniformly
covered with a grayish brown glaze. Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279-1368).
H. 22.5 in (57 cm). |
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| Fine
conical shape tea bowl with paper cut dark brown glaze decoration of two
flying phoenixes and foliage in a buff ground light plum background with an
exterior dark tortoiseshell glaze. Jizhou
ware. Southern Song (AD1127 - 1279). D. 5.8 in (14.7 cm) |
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Conical tea bowl with tortoiseshell glaze. Exterior and interior dark
brown glaze with splashes of transparent amber glaze. Jizhou
ware. Southern Song (AD1127 - 1279). D. 5.9 in (15 cm). |
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Conical shape tea bowl with brushed calligraphy and dragonfly with subtle
rust color splash. Jizhou
ware. Southern Song (AD1127-1279). D. 5.75 in (14.6 cm).
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| Large
bowl, Cizhou type, with five russet
evenly spaced splashes. Light gray stoneware with dark brown
glaze. On the exterior, the dark glaze runs over a light brown glaze
undercoat. Flower marking on the unglazed base. Northern black
ware. Jin Dynasty (AD 1115 - 1234). D. 7.37 in (18.7
cm), H. 3.125 in (7.9 cm). |
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| Large
bowl, Cizhou type, with fine
russet splashes shaped as petals over black glaze. The black glazed
on the exterior drips over a light brown underglazed. A layer
of russet glaze covers the lip over the dark glaze.
Light gray stoneware with a character or signature at the unglazed
base. Northern black ware. Jin Dynasty (AD 1115 -
1234). D.7.31 in (18.56 cm), H. 3.37 in (8.57 cm). |
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| Tea
bowl with an indented brown glazed lip. Russet hare's fur streaks
over a black glaze on the interior and the exterior to the glaze edge at
the base. Jian ware of dark gray stoneware. Northern to
Southern Song Dynasty (AD 12th - 13th C.) D. 5.06 in (12.9 cm), H. 3
in (7.6 cm). |
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