Chinese Division

Along with Egypt, Babylon and India, China with its millennia of history and its extraordinary cultural heritage is one of the most ancient of civilisations.

The material arts of China echo the the fundamental motives and directions in her culture and society. The arts of China are as formalised and structured as that society and the sense of hierarchy is a pervasive feature of Chinese art.

The pattern of evolution, of the art of one era developing out of the art and culture of an earlier period, is a fundamental aspect of Chinese art. Like society itself, Chinese art has sustained a gradual but persistent evolution over over the millennia from the Neolithic Period to the 20th  century.

Image Code CH176

Catalogue No.: CH176 Description: Chinese Painted Limestone Seated Bodhisattva. Eastern Wei Dynasty (AD 534 – 550) or Northern Qi Dynasty (AD 550 – 577). This magnificent bodhisattva is depicted seated in the pensive (siwei) position on an hourglass shaped throne with a band around the middle and a beaded sash from the left shoulder down to the waist, together with a broad collar necklace. The left foot rests on a lotus capsule pedestal issuing from the mouth of a dragon. Since this motif is common in triads with mandorlas until the early Northern Qi Dynasty, it is likely the sculpture dates from the mid 6th century. There are notable stylistic differences between this figure and a similar figure of the same type in the Longxing Temple find, which also dates to the 6th century. Comparisons with dated bodhisattvas in the ‘pensive position’ confirm that the present figure is earlier than other images of this type. The term siwei was already being used to describe seated bodhisattvas in the early 6th century as early inscriptions at Dunhuang show. Yet it is not clear precisely which bodhisattva is represented here, for the inscriptions are vague, often calling the image simply ‘sculpture of the prince’ (tazi xiang). Today the figures are generally identified as Bodhisattva Maitreya, waiting in Tushita Heaven for his descent as a future Buddha, or Prince Siddharta, ie. Buddha Shakyamuni before his enlightenment. The Ten Steps School (DilunZong) of Buddhism established itself in the capital, Ye, in the second half of the 6th century. This school first focussed on the ten steps of enlightenment that a bodhisattva passes through on his way to Buddhahood. Since many sculptures of pensive bodhisattvas date from this time, they may belong within the orbit of the Ten Steps School. If so, they represent bodhisattvas waiting in paradise for their rebirth as Buddhas. This magnificent sculpture retains much of its original colour and although slightly weathered on its edges, of its original sharp condition. It remains in exceptional un-broken condition and, as an example, probably the best of its kind. The sculpture has not been cleaned of some evidence of earthen incrustation, perhaps also suggesting it may have been buried, possibly in a subterranean deposit of similar Buddhist sculptures as was the case with the Longxing temple hoard. Size: 910mm.

Image Code CH177

Catalogue No.: CH177 Description: Chinese Carved Limestone Statue of a Standing Buddha. Northern Qi Dynasty (AD 550 – 577). This magnificent carved limestone statue of the Buddha atop a separately carved lotus petal pedestal base is remarkable for its restrained but complex lines and its superb unbroken condition. With their emphasis on the body, on volume and on modelling, Qingzhou sculptures such as this from the Northern Qi Dynasty differ markedly from those produced during the Northern Wei Dynasty. The difference is revealed primarily by the drapery: in contrast to the heavy, stiff Northern Wei robes which conceal the body, the Northern Qi figures wear thin light garments that fir the body more closely. Over an undergarment and an outer robe, this Buddha wears a fairly tight fitting calf-length mantle. The folds denser at the left shoulder, reveal the gentle curves of the body. The folds fall in a series of parallel U-shapes that give expression to the suppleness of the material. This drapery scheme, found in a number of statues from Quinzhou, seems to have been a standard pattern. In this case, the patchwork painting in red and blue appears to almost disregard the form of the sculpted drapery and does not conform to the arrangement of the folds, other than at the waist. The Buddha’s strong facial features include downward looking, partly closed eyes. The head and chin reflect his raised location and the hair is dressed in even rows of small curls, which also cover the ushnisha, the sign of transcendent wisdom. As in most Northern Qi sculptures, the ushnisha is less pronounced than in Northern Wei pieces. Scholars have recently suggested the new wave of Indian or South-east Asian influence is reflected in Northern Qi sculpture such as this example from Quinzhou, although its drapery may have been a result of indigenous developments, the pronounced modelling of the body does seem to have been based on Indian models. The emphasis on the body was the pre-requisite for a major change in sculpture that took place in Quinzhao during the Northern Qi Dynasty – the change from the triad-type relief typical of the Northern Wei Dynasty to free-standing images sculpted in the round, such as this superb example. Size: 1065mm.

Image Code CH175

Catalogue No.: CH175 Description: Chinese Straw-Glazed Pottery Figure of a Horse. Tang Dynasty (Late 7th – mid 8th century AD). The king of the animals portrayed on the walls and in the funerary figurines of the Tang was the horse, the key to the military glory and power of the dynasty. The public studs alone comprised 700,000 of these horses, which to judge from the way they were depicted, were large and powerful in their neck, breast and hind-quarters. They have somewhat lost the vigour, movement and flying gallop of the Han horses, although this may be due to the use of clay instead of bronze, but they have gained in restrained force and musculature – to the extent that their heads often appear too small. During this period the horse was a genre in its own right, just as the first masters of landscape painting, or the religious painting of Buddhist temples; comparable talents were devoted to the horse, not just by more or less well-known decorative craftsmen but by scholars who were fully aware of the importance of their extraordinary art. This handsome pottery horse, wears a saddle, the head is unbridled and the body relatively unadorned. Legs four square on the unglazed rectangular base, the horse waits alertly and patiently with ears pricked and head slightly turned. Size: 525 X 522mm.

Image Code CH13 Image Code CH13a

Catalogue No.: CH13 Description: Pair Early Chinese Temple Doors. Early Ch'ing Dynasty c. 17th Century of the time of Emperors Shunzi (1644 - 61) AND Kangxi (1662 - 1722). Superbly crafted out of solid oak with iron embellishments and fittings. These two ancient doors are in original condition with no restoration. They have a simple sliding metal bar locking system and two iron rings as handles with a metal strike plate at the bottom of each door. They are reinforced with metal bands, secured  to the doors with half-cup metal bolts. Size: 2400H X 560Wmm (each door).

Image Code CH19

Catalogue No.: CH19 Description: Early Chinese Carving of Buddha. Northern Wei Dynasty. Early Chinese depiction of a standing Buddha of serene countenance, the head surmounted with a floral head-dress, the left arm extended outward and the right holding a divine lotus blossom, the figure truncated at the waist and custom mounted on a bronze stand. Such early Chinese depictions of the Buddha are rare. Under early Chinese rule Buddhism was absorbed alongside other religious beliefs. Only under the rule of outsiders, from the 4th-6th Century AD such as the Liang and Gansu Province and the Toba tribes (who took the title of Wei when they occupied northern China), did Buddhism begin to enjoy substantial imperial patronage. These foreign rulers encouraged the making of images in both stone and metal, thus beginning the first major phase of Chinese Buddhist art. This impressive piece derives from a group of early images found at the caves of Yungang, near the capital of the Northern Wei at Datong in Shanxi Province. Limestone with traces of pigment. . Size: 475H X 605W mm (with stand).

Image Code CH17

Catalogue No.: CH17 Description: Chinese Green Stone depiction of a Reclining Buddha, 9th – 12th century. Size: 740 X 370mm.

Image Code CH26

Catalogue No.: CH26 Description: Chinese Carved Green Stone Buddha. 9th – 12th century. Size: 340 X 230mm.

Image Code CH22

Catalogue No.: CH22 Description: Chinese Neolithic Pottery Storage Vessel . Gansu Yangshao Culture, Banshan Phase, (c. 2655 - 2330 BC). Magnificent large coil-built vessel, probably used for storage, possessing a high and wide neck with flaring lip, with a wide rounded shoulder at its mid-point, tapering down to a narrow base. Surface decoration is confined to the upper portion of the vessel, a practice that may have developed out of the jar’s functional aspect; it was likely stabilised by having its narrow base buried in the sand or soft earth. The vessel is superbly decorated with styled zoomorphic or human figures and a netting design in colours of red and dark brown against a buff coloured reserved ground. A magnificent large example of its type. Earthenware buff clay with mineral pigments. Size: 420 X 370mm.

Image Code CH23

Catalogue No.: CH23 Description: Chinese Neolithic Pottery Storage Vessel. Gansu Yangshao Culture, Banshan Phase (c. 2655 - 2330 BC). Magnificent large coil-built vessel, probably used for storage, possessing a high neck positioned to one side and with two lug handles and a 'tail' opposing the spout, thus giving the vessel a stylised duck or bird shape. The vessel is decorated with mineral pigment colours of red and dark brown with swirling designs and is a magnificent and rare large example of its type. Earthenware buff clay with mineral pigments. Size: 380 X 360mm.

Image Code CH167

Catalogue No.: CH167 Description: Chinese Neolithic Pottery Storage Vessel. Gansu Yangshao Culture, Machang Phase, (c. 2330 - 2055 BC). Superb round-bodied vessel with a short flaring neck and with two handles luted onto either side, slightly below centre. The surface decoration on the piece is in the form of dark brown paint forming an intriguing zoomorphic image. These stick-figure designs, more commonly found among Machang cultural wares than Banshan, are unique to the western Gansu Yangshao tradition and never appear in the earlier Central Yanshao tradition. The meaning of this design has provoked considerable debate. A pictographic interpretation relating the stick figure to a linguistic source is considered plausible, however, further research into the meaning of many aspects of the design in Neolithic pottery is called for, including the possible link between design and early pictographic language. Earthenware buff clay with mineral pigments. Size: 304mm, 365mm dia.

Image Code CH168

Catalogue No.: CH168 Description: Chinese Neolithic Pottery Storage Vessel. Majiayao Phase (3290 - 2880 BC). Size: 415mm, 319mm dia.

Image Code CH169

Catalogue No.: CH169 Description: Chinese Neolithic Pottery Storage Vessel. Gansu Yangshao Culture, Banshan Phase (c. 2655 - 2330 BC). Size: 269mm, 261mm dia.

Image Code CH170

Catalogue No.: CH170 Description: Chinese Neolithic Pottery Storage Vessel. Gansu Yangshao Culture, Banshan Phase (c. 2655 - 2330 BC). Size: 314mm, 270mm dia.

Image Code CH171

Catalogue No.: CH171 Description: Chinese Neolithic Pottery Storage Vessel. Majiayao Phase (3290 - 2880 BC). Size: 290mm, 264mm dia.

Image Code CH04

Catalogue No.: CH04 Description: Chinese Bronze Food Vessel (Gui) (Kuei). Yuan Dynasty (1279 - 1368). Bronze ritual food vessel in the style of the archaic examples of 11th/10th Century BC Shang Dynasty and featuring taotie masks in high relief and beaked kui dragons as handles. Size: 146 X 77mm.

Image Code CH90

Catalogue No.: CH90 Description: Chinese Han Dynasty Coffin Model. AD 25 - 220. Size: 240 X 110mm.

Image Code CH96

Catalogue No.: CH96 Description: Chinese Warring States Period Jade Carving of a Kneeling Man, (480 – 221 BC). Size: 50 X 22mm.

Image Code CH179

Catalogue No.: CH179 Description: Early Chinese Pottery Amphora. Siwa Culture (c. 2100 - 1000 BC). Elegant, late Neolithic amphora of tapering form with arched top, broad strap handles and applied cord motif to either side. Fine earthenware. Size: 352mm.

Image Code CH87

Catalogue No.: CH87 Description: Chinese Neolithic Pottery Storage Vessel . Gansu Yangshao Culture, Banshan Phase (c. 2655 - 2330 BC). Magnificent medium-sized vessel with high neck / spout, with one lug handle and superbly decorated in chocolate brown over a burnished red ground Earthenware buff clay with mineral pigments. Size: 380 X 210mm.

Image Code CH166

Catalogue No.: CH166 Description: Chinese Neolithic Pottery Storage Vessel. Xindian Culture (1500 -1000BC). The Xindian Culture follows closely on the Qijia Culture and is systematically divided into four groups based on the chronology devised by Yan Wenming. The primary sites for this culture are found in the upper reaches of the Huang River valley and the lower Huangshui valley. This superb vessel exemplifies the typical characteristics of mush of the culture’s ceramic ware, with major holdings of Xindian ware now found in the Linxia Regional Museum in Southern Gansu Province. Size: 393mm, 395mm dia.

Image Code CH18

Catalogue No.: CH18 Description: Chinese Carved Limestone depiction of a Ram. Western Han Dynasty, (206 BC – AD 9). Size: 240 X 260mm.

Image Code G14

Catalogue No.: G14 Description: Chinese Neolithic Pottery Storage Vessel. Gansu Yangshao Culture, Banshan Phase (c. 2655 - 2330 BC). With spiral scrolling design in chocolate brown and ochre red pigments. Size: 465 x 400mm.

Image Code G50

Catalogue No.: G50 Description: Ancient Chinese Earthenware Vessel. Shang Dynasty, c. 1500 - 1050 BC. Superb handled and lidded small vessel known as "Li", the base of which divides into three hollow legs, as recovered from a Shang Dynasty tomb. Size: 210 x 170mm.

Image Code CH122

Catalogue No.: CH122 Description: Chinese Inscribed Wooden Edict Slip (Jian). Six Dynasties Period (c 265-581 AD). Superb condition edict or decree slip of cylindrical log-like form. The ancient Chinese wrote on either wooden tablets or bamboo slips prior to the invention of paper in the late Eastern Han Period (25-220 AD). Typically, the wood was dried by fire to be drained of moisture to prevent rotting and worm infestation and writing was performed by skilled calligraphers by means of writing brush and ink in standard or regular script known as kaishu, derived from an earlier official or clerical script first developed in the first Century AD. Texts typically record the social life, economic structure, classical poetry and prose as well as royal decrees and statutes and represent the earliest form of the book in China. This superb piece is one of a number of funerary objects excavated from tombs of nobility and has been inscribed in eleven vertical columns around the cylinder with cursive brush stroke from top to bottom. It is thought to relate to a military report or decree and contains reference to a battle. Timber with ink inscription. Gansu Province, North-West China. Size: 217 X 77mm.

Image Code CH123

Catalogue No.: CH123 Description: Chinese Inscribed Wooden Edict Slip (Jian). Six Dynasties Period (c 265-581 AD). Superb condition edict or decree slip of cylindrical log-like form. The ancient Chinese wrote on either wooden tablets or bamboo slips prior to the invention of paper in the late Eastern Han Period (25-220 AD). Typically, the wood was dried by fire to be drained of moisture to prevent rotting and worm infestation and writing was performed by skilled calligraphers by means of writing brush and ink in standard or regular script known as kaishu, derived from an earlier official or clerical script first developed in the first Century AD. Texts typically record the social life, economic structure, classical poetry and prose as well as royal decrees and statutes and represent the earliest form of the book in China. This superb piece is one of a number of funerary objects excavated from tombs of nobility and has been inscribed in twelve vertical columns around the cylinder with cursive brush stroke from top to bottom. It is thought to relate to a military report or decree and contains reference to a battle. Timber with ink inscription; 194 X 74 mm. Gansu Province, North-West China. Size: 200 X 70mm.

Image Code CH25

Catalogue No.: CH25 Description: Chinese Carved Wooden Buddha. Late Ming Dynasty (c.17th century). Size: 275 X 210mm.

Image Code CH50

Catalogue No.: CH50 Description: Chinese Gilt - Bronze Figure of Guanyin or Buddha. Representation of the goddess of mercy in standing pose with long flowing garb and all-over incised decoration. Early 20th Century, Xingan Province, China. Size: 515 X 160mm.

Image Code G42

Catalogue No.: G42 Description: Chinese Neolithic Pottery Storage Vessel. Gansu Yangshao Culture. Machang Phase (c.2330 - 2055BC). A large and slender storage jar with a narrow base, wide girth, short neck and flaring lip, this coil-built vessel has two opposing handles luted onto the body before firing. Surface decoration is confined to the top half of the vessel, a practice that may have developed out of the jar's functional aspect; it was likely stabilised by having its narrow base buried in sand or soft earth. In addition to the natural reddish colouring, the upper portion of the vessel, beginning at the two attached handles, has been painted with a red wash typical of the middle Machang period. The painted decoration of the upper portion of the vessel is executed in a calligraphic black line in the form of banding and four large vortices with geometric and early "swastika" style motifs. Earthenware buff clay with mineral pigments. Size: 240 x 400mm.

Image Code G47

Catalogue No.: G47 Description: Han Dynasty Grey Stoneware Four-sided Hu Jar, Western Han (206 BC - 8 AD ). Size: 200 x 440mm.

Image Code CH38

Catalogue No.: CH38 Description: Ancient Chinese Mirrors. Large numbers of bronze mirrors have been found both in the north and within the confines of the Ch'u state. At first, and always to some degree, the purpose of the mirrors was not to reflect one's face only but one's very heart and soul. An entry in the Tso-chuan under the year 58 BC says of a certain individual, "Heaven has robbed him of his mirror" - that is, made him blind to his own faults. The bronze mirror was considered a mirror of heaven and earth, a mirror of all things. It was also considered to hold and reflect the rays of the sun, warding off evil and lighting the eternal darkness of the tomb. Early bronze mirrors were made at Anyang during the Shang Dynasty, while mirrors almost as crude have been found in tombs of the Eastern Chou. The craft improved remarkably, like all else, during the Warring States Period. The two bronze mirrors here date to the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907 AD) and would once have possessed a silvered and highly polished face. The very extravagant tastes of the Tang Dynasty  demanded that mirrors be more elaborate with silvered or gilded backs. The old abstract and magical designs were now replaced by a profusion of ornament whose significance is auspicious in a more general way. Symbols of dragons, phoenixes, birds, flowers, landscape and hunting scenes became popular and the more extravagant mirrors were inlaid with silver or mother-of-pearl. These two large and exceptional mirrors feature depictions including nature, hunting, music and the arts in mother-of-pearl and silver inlaid into black lacquer. Lacquer was already a highly developed craft in the Warring States and Han Periods. In the Tang there started the practice of applying lacquer in layers - to mirror backs for example - and then before it had completely hardened inlaying it with mother-of-pearl to create beautiful examples of this type. Size: 205mmØ.

Image Code CH39

Catalogue No.: CH39 Description: Ancient Chinese Mirrors. Large numbers of bronze mirrors have been found both in the north and within the confines of the Ch'u state. At first, and always to some degree, the purpose of the mirrors was not to reflect one's face only but one's very heart and soul. An entry in the Tso-chuan under the year 58 BC says of a certain individual, "Heaven has robbed him of his mirror" - that is, made him blind to his own faults. The bronze mirror was considered a mirror of heaven and earth, a mirror of all things. It was also considered to hold and reflect the rays of the sun, warding off evil and lighting the eternal darkness of the tomb. Early bronze mirrors were made at Anyang during the Shang Dynasty, while mirrors almost as crude have been found in tombs of the Eastern Chou. The craft improved remarkably, like all else, during the Warring States Period. The two bronze mirrors here date to the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907 AD) and would once have possessed a silvered and highly polished face. The very extravagant tastes of the Tang Dynasty  demanded that mirrors be more elaborate with silvered or gilded backs. The old abstract and magical designs were now replaced by a profusion of ornament whose significance is auspicious in a more general way. Symbols of dragons, phoenixes, birds, flowers, landscape and hunting scenes became popular and the more extravagant mirrors were inlaid with silver or mother-of-pearl. These two large and exceptional mirrors feature depictions including nature, hunting, music and the arts in mother-of-pearl and silver inlaid into black lacquer. Lacquer was already a highly developed craft in the Warring States and Han Periods. In the Tang there started the practice of applying lacquer in layers - to mirror backs for example - and then before it had completely hardened inlaying it with mother-of-pearl to create beautiful examples of this type. Size: 230mmØ.

Image Code CH11

Catalogue No.: CH11 Description: Ancient Chinese Pottery Court Official. Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644 AD). Hollow cast fine pottery with straw glaze and applied pigment with detachable head, the figure modelled in the form of an important court official or diplomat. Size: 280 X 86mm.

Image Code CH12

Catalogue No.: CH12 Description: Ancient Chinese Pottery Court Official. Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644 AD). Hollow cast fine pottery with straw glaze and applied pigment with detachable head, the figure modelled in the form of an important court official or diplomat. Size: 290 X 86mm.

Image Code CH178

Catalogue No.: CH178 Description: Chinese Funerary Model of a Boat. Early Ch’ing Dynasty (c. 18th Century). This beautifully constructed wooden boat which has a round-hull rudder and arched canopy featuring engraved taotie masks, would probably have served as a tomb model as part of a larger arrangement within the specially constructed stone tomb of a wealthy early Ch’ing Dynasty merchant or official in the Canton region. Panyu (Canton) was the most important port within China, being both a sea and a river port – on the south coat of China. Silks, ceramics and cinnamon were shipped for export, whilst cargoes from overseas were unloaded and dispatched northwards to the capital by river, together with tropical fruits. Canton also possessed shipyards. Exclusively Chinese maritime traffic seems to have been concentrated in Chinese waters, mostly in the east China Sea; it was largely coastal but there was also trade with Korea and the islands of Japan. Envoys from foreign powers often brought pearls as tribute and received silk, gold, bronze mirrors, articles made of iron and cash in exchange. The carved decorative motif on the sides of this vessel is known as the taotie, a face that resembles but never capture the likeness of an animal. It has the features of a creature: eyes, ears, mouth, horns and claws. But the forms of these horns or claws differ from example to example, and they do not seem to belong to a specific real animal. The motif has perplexed scholars for centuries and changes made to the face may have been intended to extend or elaborate religious symbolism. Size: 410 X 160mm.

Image Code CH10

Catalogue No.: CH10 Description: Ancient Chinese Pottery Court Attendant. Tang Dynasty (618 - 906 AD). Hollow cast fine pottery with straw glaze and applied pigment. Size: 280 X 68mm.

Image Code CH16

Catalogue No.: CH16 Description: Chinese Earthenware Vessel. Shang Dynasty (c. 1500 – 1050 BC). This earthenware three-legged pot resembling a mythical creature was characteristic of Shang Dynasty pottery. This beautiful, hand-crafted vessel was designed to be filled from the tail and poured through the mouth of the creature. Such a vessel is a very rare find for the Shang Dynasty. Size: 310 X 210mm.

G37

Image Code CH97

Catalogue No.: CH97 Description: Chinese Warring States Period Stone Carving of a Male Figure, (480 – 221 BC). Size: 63 X 34mm.

Image Code CH85

Catalogue No.: CH85 Description: Chinese Jian Ware Bowl. Jin/Yuan Dynasties (1115-1368). Bowls of this type were produced at Jian kilns in Fujian Province and at kilns in Henan Province and were offered as imperial tribute but were particularly favoured by monastic communities both in China and Japan. Size: 199mm dia.

Image Code CH127

Catalogue No.: CH127 Description: Chinese Inscribed Wooden Edict Slip (Jian). Six Dynasties Period (c 265-581 AD). Superb condition edict or decree slip of flat tablet-like form. The ancient Chinese wrote on either wooden tablets or bamboo slips prior to the invention of paper in the late Eastern Han Period (25-220 AD). Typically, the wood was dried by fire to be drained of moisture to prevent rotting and worm infestation and writing was performed by skilled calligraphers by means of writing brush and ink in standard or regular script known as kaishu, derived from an earlier official or clerical script first developed in the first Century AD. Texts typically record the social life, economic structure, classical poetry and prose as well as royal decrees and statutes and represent the earliest form of the book in China. This superb piece is one of a number of funerary objects excavated from tombs of nobility and has been inscribed in eleven vertical columns around the cylinder with cursive brush stroke from top to bottom. It is thought to relate to a military report or decree and contains reference to a battle. Timber with ink inscription. Gansu Province, North-West China. Size: 235 X 67mm.

Image Code CH14

Catalogue No.: CH14 Description: Chinese Neolithic Pottery Storage Vessel. Gansu Yangshao Culture, Banshan Phase (c. 2655 - 2330 BC). Coil-built of fine, dense clay, this storage jar possesses decoration to the upper part of the body and has a wide strap handle to one side. Earthenware buff clay with mineral pigments. Size: 235 X 250mm.

Image Code CH15

Catalogue No.: CH15 Description: Chinese Neolithic Pottery Storage Vessel. Gansu Yangshao Culture, Banshan Phase (c. 2655 - 2330 BC). Coil-built of fine, dense clay, this storage jar possesses decoration to the upper part of the body and has a wide strap handle to one side. Earthenware buff clay with mineral pigments. Size: 250 X 220mm.

Image Code CH65

Catalogue No.: CH65 Description: Chinese Pottery Figure of a Courtesan or Court Attendant Tang Dynasty (AD 618 – 906). Size: 285 X 73mm.

Image Code CH70

Catalogue No.: CH70 Description: Chinese Pottery Figure of a Court Official or Dignitary. Ming Dynasty (15th Century). Size: 275 X 57mm.

Image Code CH71

Catalogue No.: CH71 Description: Chinese Pottery Figure of a Court Attendant. Northern Wei Dynasty (386-535 AD). Size: 245 X 69mm.

Image Code CH75

Catalogue No.: CH75 Description: Chinese Pottery Court Attendant. Tang Dynasty (618-906 AD). Size: 70 X 275mm.

Image Code CH60

Catalogue No.: CH60 Description: Chinese Pottery Tile. Sung Dynasty (960-1279 AD). Bold and powerfully executed relief of a lion or chimera, the tile probably once used as a funerary tomb adornment. Fine grained clay. Size: 301 X 177mm.

Image Code G35

Catalogue No.: G35 Description: Ancient Chinese Cocoon Flask. Western Han, c. late 3rd - 1st Century BC. Ovoid shape, resting on short foot rings, the bulbous body of this flask is topped with a narrow neck and widely flared, turned lips that project upward at the mouth. Constructed of fine grained grey earthenware, the flask is typical of the hard-boiled Western Han wares which have been proven to have been fired at a temperature above 1000°C. All vessels of this type are from tombs, indicating a ritual rather than domestic everyday use. Size: 250 x 275mm.

Image Code G46

Catalogue No.: G46 Description: Chinese Neolithic Pottery Storage Vessel. Attractive and elegant storage vessel of large proportions flaring out from a narrow flat base to a waist on which two broad strap handles are mounted. The top of the vessel curves in to form a broad high neck with everted rim. Unpainted but delicately burnished, the upper surface is smooth to glossy with the lower surface having been grooved in narrow vertical bands down to the base. Interestingly, the smooth upper surface is seen to contain numerous small flecks of pyrite and gold, around which small bubbles or pits have formed to expose these flecks. Fine buff earthenware. Size: 365 x 440mm.

Image Code CH53

Catalogue No.: CH53 Description: Chinese Early Ch’ing Painting on Cloth, c. Late 17th – early 18th century. Size: 1820 X 700mm.

Image Code CH66

Catalogue No.: CH66 Description: Early Chinese Celadon Dish - Mouth Jar. Western Jin Dynasty, Late 3rd Century AD. Attractive Proto-Yue ware celadon-glaze jar with wide dish-mouth, a flaring neck, two loop handle lugs to the shoulder and incised concentric band decoration with a vitreous grey-green glaze. South Eastern China. Size: 270 X 180mm.

Image Code CH95

Catalogue No.: CH95 Description: Chinese Warring States Period Jade Carving of a Pig, (480 – 221 BC). Size: 33 X 20mm.

Image Code CH121

Catalogue No.: CH121 Description: Chinese Inscribed Wooden Edict Slip (Jian). Six Dynasties Period (c 265-581 AD). Superb condition edict or decree slip of flat tablet-like form. The ancient Chinese wrote on either wooden tablets or bamboo slips prior to the invention of paper in the late Eastern Han Period (25-220 AD). Typically, the wood was dried by fire to be drained of moisture to prevent rotting and worm infestation and writing was performed by skilled calligraphers by means of writing brush and ink in standard or regular script known as kaishu, derived from an earlier official or clerical script first developed in the first Century AD. Texts typically record the social life, economic structure, classical poetry and prose as well as royal decrees and statutes and represent the earliest form of the book in China. This superb piece is one of a number of funerary objects excavated from tombs of nobility and has been inscribed in eleven vertical columns around the cylinder with cursive brush stroke from top to bottom. It is thought to relate to a military report or decree and contains reference to a battle. Timber with ink inscription. Gansu Province, North-West China. Size: 195 X 84mm.

Image Code CH125

Catalogue No.: CH125 Description: Chinese Inscribed Wooden Edict Slip (Jian). Six Dynasties Period (c 265-581 AD). Superb condition edict or decree slip of tri-sided pyramidal stick form. The ancient Chinese wrote on either wooden tablets or bamboo slips prior to the invention of paper in the late Eastern Han Period (25-220 AD). Typically, the wood was dried by fire to be drained of moisture to prevent rotting and worm infestation and writing was performed by skilled calligraphers by means of writing brush and ink in standard or regular script known as kaishu, derived from an earlier official or clerical script first developed in the first Century AD. Texts typically record the social life, economic structure, classical poetry and prose as well as royal decrees and statutes and represent the earliest form of the book in China. This superb piece is one of a number of funerary objects excavated from tombs of nobility and has been inscribed in eleven vertical columns around the cylinder with cursive brush stroke from top to bottom. It is thought to relate to a military report or decree and contains reference to a battle. Timber with ink inscription. Gansu Province, North-West China. Size: 330 X 17mm.

Image Code CH128

Catalogue No.: CH128 Description: Chinese Inscribed Wooden Edict Slip (Jian). Six Dynasties Period (c 265-581 AD). Superb condition edict or decree slip of flat tablet-like form. The ancient Chinese wrote on either wooden tablets or bamboo slips prior to the invention of paper in the late Eastern Han Period (25-220 AD). Typically, the wood was dried by fire to be drained of moisture to prevent rotting and worm infestation and writing was performed by skilled calligraphers by means of writing brush and ink in standard or regular script known as kaishu, derived from an earlier official or clerical script first developed in the first Century AD. Texts typically record the social life, economic structure, classical poetry and prose as well as royal decrees and statutes and represent the earliest form of the book in China. This superb piece is one of a number of funerary objects excavated from tombs of nobility and has been inscribed in eleven vertical columns around the cylinder with cursive brush stroke from top to bottom. It is thought to relate to a military report or decree and contains reference to a battle. Timber with ink inscription. Gansu Province, North-West China. Size: 335 X 77mm.

Image Code CH129

Catalogue No.: CH129 Description: Chinese Inscribed Wooden Edict Slip (Jian). Six Dynasties Period (c 265-581 AD). Superb condition edict or decree slip of flat tablet-like form. The ancient Chinese wrote on either wooden tablets or bamboo slips prior to the invention of paper in the late Eastern Han Period (25-220 AD). Typically, the wood was dried by fire to be drained of moisture to prevent rotting and worm infestation and writing was performed by skilled calligraphers by means of writing brush and ink in standard or regular script known as kaishu, derived from an earlier official or clerical script first developed in the first Century AD. Texts typically record the social life, economic structure, classical poetry and prose as well as royal decrees and statutes and represent the earliest form of the book in China. This superb piece is one of a number of funerary objects excavated from tombs of nobility and has been inscribed in eleven vertical columns around the cylinder with cursive brush stroke from top to bottom. It is thought to relate to a military report or decree and contains reference to a battle. Timber with ink inscription. Gansu Province, North-West China. Size: 340 X 77mm.

Image Code CH131

Catalogue No.: CH131 Description: Chinese Inscribed Wooden Edict Slip (Jian). Six Dynasties Period (c 265-581 AD). Superb condition edict or decree slip of tri-sided pyramidal stick form. The ancient Chinese wrote on either wooden tablets or bamboo slips prior to the invention of paper in the late Eastern Han Period (25-220 AD). Typically, the wood was dried by fire to be drained of moisture to prevent rotting and worm infestation and writing was performed by skilled calligraphers by means of writing brush and ink in standard or regular script known as kaishu, derived from an earlier official or clerical script first developed in the first Century AD. Texts typically record the social life, economic structure, classical poetry and prose as well as royal decrees and statutes and represent the earliest form of the book in China. This superb piece is one of a number of funerary objects excavated from tombs of nobility and has been inscribed in eleven vertical columns around the cylinder with cursive brush stroke from top to bottom. It is thought to relate to a military report or decree and contains reference to a battle. Timber with ink inscription. Gansu Province, North-West China. Size: 330 X 17mm.

Image Code CH06

Catalogue No.: CH06 Description: Chinese Iron Stove. Ch'ing Dynasty (17th/18th Century). Cast iron stove/warmer with heating pan, used both as a tomb model and a portable functional piece. Size: 105 X 100mm.

Image Code G36

Catalogue No.: G36 Description: Chinese Neolithic Pottery Storage Vessel. Gansu Yangshao Culture. Banshan Phase (c. 2655 - 2330 BC). Coil-built of fine, dense clay, this storage jar is nearly as wide as it is tall. Resting on a flat, narrow base, the body swells near the middle portion then constricts to a narrow, high neck with a thickly rolled lip. Two loop handles on either side of the vessel have been luted onto the middle of the body. Surface decoration is confined to the top half of the vessel, a practice that may be developed out of the jar's functional aspect; it was likely stabilised by having its narrow base buried in sand or soft earth. The painted surface decoration is unusual for its sheen as well as its precision in line. The overall design, sometimes referred to as Gourd pattern, repeats itself in four lozenges separated by serrated bands and areas of unpainted buff reserved ground. A very nice example of its type. Earthenware buff clay with mineral pigment. Size: 250 x 295mm.

Image Code CH02a

Catalogue No.: CH02a Description: Chinese Pottery Tomb Musician. Ming Dynasty hand-painted straw-glaze musician with wide-flaring garment, forming a part of a group of six musicians each in a varying pose and depicted playing a different instrument. Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644 AD). Size: 205 X 99mm.

Image Code CH02b

Catalogue No.: CH02b Description: Chinese Pottery Tomb Musician. Ming Dynasty hand-painted straw-glaze musician with wide-flaring garment, forming a part of a group of six musicians each in a varying pose and depicted playing a different instrument. Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644 AD). Size: 200 X 97mm.

Image Code CH02c

Catalogue No.: CH02c Description: Chinese Pottery Tomb Musician. Ming Dynasty hand-painted straw-glaze musician with wide-flaring garment, forming a part of a group of six musicians each in a varying pose and depicted playing a different instrument. Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644 AD). Size: 205 X 103mm.

Image Code CH02d

Catalogue No.: CH02d Description: Chinese Pottery Tomb Musician. Ming Dynasty hand-painted straw-glaze musician with wide-flaring garment, forming a part of a group of six musicians each in a varying pose and depicted playing a different instrument. Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644 AD). Size: 205 X 98mm.

Image Code CH02e

Catalogue No.: CH02e Description: Chinese Pottery Tomb Musician. Ming Dynasty hand-painted straw-glaze musician with wide-flaring garment, forming a part of a group of six musicians each in a varying pose and depicted playing a different instrument. Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644 AD). Size: 205 X 111mm.

Image Code CH02f

Catalogue No.: CH02f Description: Chinese Pottery Tomb Musician. Ming Dynasty hand-painted straw-glaze musician with wide-flaring garment, forming a part of a group of six musicians each in a varying pose and depicted playing a different instrument. Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644 AD). Size: 200 X 101mm.

Image Code CH62 Image Code CH62a Image Code CH62b

Catalogue No.: CH62 Description: Chinese Late Neolithic Tripod Vessel. Longshan Culture (c 3000-1700 BC). Tripod or Li earthenware vessel with applied loop handle and appliqued ridge decoration around a central early form of taotie monster mask which was to later dominate Shang Dynasty bronze decoration. Earthenware with mineral pigment. Size: 134 X 158mm.

Image Code CH27

Catalogue No.: CH27 Description: Chinese Bronze Mirror with Handle. Tang Dynasty (618 AD - 906 AD). Size: 90 X 170mm.

Image Code CH57

Catalogue No.: CH57 Description: Chinese Glazed Pottery Model of a Stove. Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - 9 AD). Models of objects such as stoves that were used in the domestic lives of wealthy land owners constitute an important part of ancient Chinese funerary ware, this attractive example possessing an attractive green lead glaze. Size: 220 X 160mm.

Image Code CH124

Catalogue No.: CH124 Description: Chinese Inscribed Wooden Edict Slip (Jian). Six Dynasties Period (c 265-581 AD). Superb condition edict or decree slip of flat tablet-like form. The ancient Chinese wrote on either wooden tablets or bamboo slips prior to the invention of paper in the late Eastern Han Period (25-220 AD). Typically, the wood was dried by fire to be drained of moisture to prevent rotting and worm infestation and writing was performed by skilled calligraphers by means of writing brush and ink in standard or regular script known as kaishu, derived from an earlier official or clerical script first developed in the first Century AD. Texts typically record the social life, economic structure, classical poetry and prose as well as royal decrees and statutes and represent the earliest form of the book in China. This superb piece is one of a number of funerary objects excavated from tombs of nobility and has been inscribed in eleven vertical columns around the cylinder with cursive brush stroke from top to bottom. It is thought to relate to a military report or decree and contains reference to a battle. Timber with ink inscription. Gansu Province, North-West China. Size: 325 X 75mm.

Image Code CH126

Catalogue No.: CH126 Description: Chinese Inscribed Wooden Edict Slip (Jian). Six Dynasties Period (c 265-581 AD). Superb condition edict or decree slip of stick form. The ancient Chinese wrote on either wooden tablets or bamboo slips prior to the invention of paper in the late Eastern Han Period (25-220 AD). Typically, the wood was dried by fire to be drained of moisture to prevent rotting and worm infestation and writing was performed by skilled calligraphers by means of writing brush and ink in standard or regular script known as kaishu, derived from an earlier official or clerical script first developed in the first Century AD. Texts typically record the social life, economic structure, classical poetry and prose as well as royal decrees and statutes and represent the earliest form of the book in China. This superb piece is one of a number of funerary objects excavated from tombs of nobility and has been inscribed in eleven vertical columns around the cylinder with cursive brush stroke from top to bottom. It is thought to relate to a military report or decree and contains reference to a battle. Timber with ink inscription. Gansu Province, North-West China. Size: 275 X 30mm.

Image Code CH130

Catalogue No.: CH130 Description: Chinese Inscribed Wooden Edict Slip (Jian). Six Dynasties Period (c 265-581 AD). Superb condition edict or decree slip of stick form. The ancient Chinese wrote on either wooden tablets or bamboo slips prior to the invention of paper in the late Eastern Han Period (25-220 AD). Typically, the wood was dried by fire to be drained of moisture to prevent rotting and worm infestation and writing was performed by skilled calligraphers by means of writing brush and ink in standard or regular script known as kaishu, derived from an earlier official or clerical script first developed in the first Century AD. Texts typically record the social life, economic structure, classical poetry and prose as well as royal decrees and statutes and represent the earliest form of the book in China. This superb piece is one of a number of funerary objects excavated from tombs of nobility and has been inscribed in eleven vertical columns around the cylinder with cursive brush stroke from top to bottom. It is thought to relate to a military report or decree and contains reference to a battle. Timber with ink inscription. Gansu Province, North-West China. Size: 325 X 26mm.

Image Code CH55

Catalogue No.: CH55 Description: Chinese Pottery Model of a Horse. Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD). Size: 185 X 150mm.

Image Code CH61

Catalogue No.: CH61 Description: Chinese Pottery Model of a House. Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25 - 220). Size: 180 X 150mm.

Image Code CH68

Catalogue No.: CH68 Description: Chinese Pot. Liao Dynasty (907-1127). Earthenware with fine lead glaze and black swirl decoration. Size: 230 X 160mm.

Image Code CH20

Catalogue No.: CH20 Description: Chinese Ceramic Tomb Figure. Green glazed pottery figure of a drummer, probably once forming part of a tomb musician group. The figure is of a style similar to Han Dynasty figures but may possibly be a later reproduction. Thermo-luminescence testing and further research would be required on this piece. Size: 580 X 350mm.

Image Code CH45

Catalogue No.: CH45 Description: Chinese Earthenware Tomb Tile, Tang Dynasty (618 – 906 AD). Size: 154 X 145mm.

Image Code CH09

Catalogue No.: CH09 Description: Chinese Pottery Figure of a Boar. Eastern Han Dynasty (25 - 220 AD). Size: 320 X 105mm.

Image Code CH172

Catalogue No.: CH172 Description: Chinese Neolithic Pottery Storage Vessel. Gansu Yangshao Culture, Banshan Phase (c. 2655 - 2330 BC). Size: 113mm, 124mm dia.

Image Code CH173

Catalogue No.: CH173 Description: Chinese Neolithic Pottery Storage Vessel. Gansu Yangshao Culture, Banshan Phase (c. 2655 - 2330 BC). Size: 150mm, 152mm dia.

Image Code CH174

Catalogue No.: CH174 Description: Chinese Neolithic Pottery Storage Vessel. Gansu Yangshao Culture, Banshan Phase (c. 2655 - 2330 BC). Size: 204mm, 136mm dia.

Image Code G57

Catalogue No.: G57 Description: Chinese Tomb Guardian Vessel Pair. Eastern Jin Dynasty (317 AD- 420 AD). Rare Matched pair of tomb pots with polychrome decorated moulded figures of a mythical scaled tomb guardian to the front. Size: 225 x 280mm.

Image Code G58

Catalogue No.: G58 Description: Chinese Tomb Guardian Vessel Pair. Eastern Jin Dynasty (317 - 420 AD). Rare Matched pair of tomb pots with polychrome decorated moulded figures of a mythical scaled tomb guardian to the front. Size: 225 x 280mm.

Image Code CH74

Catalogue No.: CH74 Description: Chinese Ceramic Fruit/Flowers. Liao Dynasty (907-1125). Polychrome glazed representation of Chinese Buddha's tears floral group. Size: 106 X 61mm.

Image Code CH132

Catalogue No.: CH132 Description: Chinese late 19th century silk hair piece. Size: 305 X 165mm.

Image Code CH21

Catalogue No.: CH21 Description: Carved Wooden Head of Dvarapala. Large and impressive wooden carving of the head of Dvarapala, representative of a guardian of a temple door or gate. China, 19th Century. Size: 470 X 350mm.

Image Code CH24

Catalogue No.: CH24 Description: Chinese Han Dynasty Cooking Pot, AD 25 - 220. Size: 300 X 155mm.

Image Code CH01a

Catalogue No.: CH01a Description: Chinese Pottery Tomb Tile Depicting a Dancer / Musician, c. 17th century. Size: 155 X 228mm.

Image Code CH01b

Catalogue No.: CH01b Description: Chinese Pottery Tomb Tile Depicting a Dancer / Musician, c. 17th century. Size: 160 X 245mm.

Image Code CH01c

Catalogue No.: CH01c Description: Chinese Pottery Tomb Tile Depicting a Dancer / Musician, c. 17th century. Size: 165 X 245mm.

Image Code CH01d

Catalogue No.: CH01d Description: Chinese Pottery Tomb Tile Depicting a Dancer / Musician, c. 17th century. Size: 168 X 250mm.

Image Code CH03

Catalogue No.: CH03 Description: Chinese Pottery Model of a Sheep. Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD). Size: 102 X 43mm.

Image Code CH05

Catalogue No.: CH05 Description: Chinese Copper Vase with long slender neck and repousse style body, 19th century. Size: 146 X 83mm.

Image Code CH07

Catalogue No.: CH07 Description: Chinese Copper Bed Warmer. Size: 186Ømm.

Image Code CH08

Catalogue No.: CH08 Description: Chinese Bronze Ladle/Spoon. Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD). Size: 340 X 96mm.

Image Code CH28

Catalogue No.: CH28 Description: Chinese Bronze/Silver Mirror. Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD). Size: 74mmØ.

Image Code CH29

Catalogue No.: CH29 Description: Chinese Bronze Mirror. Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD). Size: 78mmØ.

Image Code CH30

Catalogue No.: CH30 Description: Chinese Bronze Mirror. Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD). Size: 52mmØ.

Image Code CH31

Catalogue No.: CH31 Description: Chinese Bronze Mirror. Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD). Size: 83mmØ.

Image Code CH32

Catalogue No.: CH32 Description: Chinese Bronze Mirror. Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD). Size: 94mmØ.

Image Code CH33

Catalogue No.: CH33 Description: Chinese Bronze Mirror. Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD). Size: 81mmØ.

Image Code CH34

Catalogue No.: CH34 Description: Chinese Bronze Mirror. Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD). Size: 79mmØ.

Image Code CH35

Catalogue No.: CH35 Description: Chinese Bronze Mirror. The reverse featuring a rural scene depicting a tortoise and a family of cranes. China, 19th Century. Size: 122mmØ.

Image Code CH36

Catalogue No.: CH36 Description: Chinese Bronze Mirror. Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD). Size: 66mmØ.

Image Code CH37

Catalogue No.: CH37 Description: Chinese Bronze Mirror. Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD). Size: 85mmØ.

Image Code CH44 Image Code CH44a

Catalogue No.: CH44 Description: Chinese Bronze Mirror in Lacquered Case, Late 19th century. Size: 322 X 205mm.

Image Code CH46

Catalogue No.: CH46 Description: Chinese Earthenware Tomb Tile, Tang Dynasty (618 – 906 AD). Size: 150 X 150mm.

Image Code CH47

Catalogue No.: CH47 Description: Chinese Earthenware Tomb Tile, Tang Dynasty (618 – 906 AD). Size: 190 X 180mm.

Image Code CH48

Catalogue No.: CH48 Description: Chinese Earthenware Tomb Tile, Tang Dynasty (618 – 906 AD). Size: 155 X 152mm.

Image Code CH49

Catalogue No.: CH49 Description: Carved Chinese War Deity. Superb early piece with old repairs, 19th century. Size: 540 X 260mm.

Image Code CH51

Catalogue No.: CH51 Description: Chinese Ch’ing Canvas Saddle Bag, c. Late 19th century. Size: 1140 X 385mm.

Image Code CH52

Catalogue No.: CH52 Description: Chinese Ch’ing Canvas Saddle Bag, c. Late 19th century. Size: 945 X 350mm.

Image Code CH54

Catalogue No.: CH54 Description: Chinese Stoneware Bowl. Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368). Size: 155mm dia.

Image Code CH58

Catalogue No.: CH58 Description: Chinese Glazed Ceramic Bowl. Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911). Size: 73mm X 141mm dia.

Image Code CH63

Catalogue No.: CH63 Description: Chinese Rice Wine Bottle. Squat form bottle with dark brown glaze, a concave reserve base and a spout to the shoulder. Early 19th Century. Size: 148 X 140mm.

Image Code CH64

Catalogue No.: CH64 Description: Chinese Lidded Ewer/Teapot. With chicken head spout, bamboo handle and encircling dragon motif. Ch'ing Dynasty, Early 20th Century. Size: 225 X 220mm.

Image Code CH67

Catalogue No.: CH67 Description: Chinese Sung Dynasty Pot, c. 13th century. Size: 400 X 270mm.

Image Code CH72

Catalogue No.: CH72 Description: Chinese Pottery Model of a Sheep. Tang Dynasty (618-906 AD). Size: 135 X 55mm.

Image Code CH76

Catalogue No.: CH76 Description: Early Annamese Covered Potiche. 16th-17th Century AD. Of squat mei-p'ing form with all-over pallid grey-blue glaze decorated in polychrome pink, yellow, cream and blue with sprays of peony and scrolls; the wide rimmed cover with a knop handle and similar decoration. Size: 101 X 172mm.

Image Code CH77

Catalogue No.: CH77 Description: Chinese Celadon Bowl. Yuan Dynasty (c.14th century). Size: 189mm dia.

Image Code CH78

Catalogue No.: CH78 Description: Chinese Celadon Bowl. Yuan Dynasty (c.14th century). Size: 190mm dia.

Image Code CH79

Catalogue No.: CH79 Description: Chinese Celadon Bowl. Yuan Dynasty (c.14th century). Size: 192mm dia.

Image Code CH80

Catalogue No.: CH80 Description: Chinese Celadon Bowl. Yuan Dynasty (c.14th century). Size: 187mm dia.

Image Code CH81

Catalogue No.: CH81 Description: Chinese Celadon Bowl. Ch'ing Dynasty (c.19th century). Size: 135mm dia.

Image Code CH82

Catalogue No.: CH82 Description: Chinese Sung Dynasty Bowl from the Imperial kilns at Jiang. Size: 157mm dia.

Image Code CH83

Catalogue No.: CH83 Description: Chinese Celadon Bowl. Yuan Dynasty (c.14th century). Size: 176mm dia.

Image Code CH84

Catalogue No.: CH84 Description: Chinese Celadon Bowl. Yuan Dynasty (c.14th century). Size: 139mm dia.

Image Code CH86

Catalogue No.: CH86 Description: Chinese Neolithic Pottery Vessel. Ganshu Yanshao Culture. Marchang Phase (c 2330-2055 BC). Attractive intact Neolithic vessel of broad squat proportions with two high loop handles and original mineral pigment decoration with bands and diamond checkering. Earthenware buff clay with mineral pigment. Size: 182 mm (dia), 112 mm.

Image Code CH88

Catalogue No.: CH88 Description: Chinese Bronze Wine Tester/Spoon. Han Dynasty (206-220 AD). Size: 110 X 32mm.

Image Code CH89

Catalogue No.: CH89 Description: Chinese Copper Bed Warmer. Size: 185mm dia.

Image Code CH91a

Catalogue No.: CH91a Description: Chinese Photographic Print, 20th century. Size: 115 X 178mm.

Image Code CH91b

Catalogue No.: CH91b Description: Chinese Photographic Print, 20th century. Size: 115 X 178mm.

Image Code CH91c

Catalogue No.: CH91c Description: Chinese Photographic Print, 20th century. Size: 115 X 178mm.

Image Code CH91d

Catalogue No.: CH91d Description: Chinese Photographic Print, 20th century. Size: 115 X 178mm.

Image Code CH91e

Catalogue No.: CH91e Description: Chinese Photographic Print, 20th century. Size: 115 X 178mm.

Image Code CH91f

Catalogue No.: CH91f Description: Chinese Photographic Print, 20th century. Size: 115 X 178mm.

Image Code CH91g

Catalogue No.: CH91g Description: Chinese Photographic Print, 20th century. Size: 115 X 178mm.

Image Code CH91h

Catalogue No.: CH91h Description: Chinese Photographic Print, 20th century. Size: 115 X 178mm.

Image Code CH91i

Catalogue No.: CH91i Description: Chinese Photographic Print, 20th century. Size: 115 X 178mm.

Image Code CH91j

Catalogue No.: CH91j Description: Chinese Photographic Print, 20th century. Size: 115 X 178mm.

Image Code CH91k

Catalogue No.: CH91k Description: Chinese Photographic Print, 20th century. Size: 115 X 178mm.

Image Code CH92

Catalogue No.: CH92 Description: Chinese Folding Photographic Print Book, 20th century. Size: 162 X 108mm.

Image Code CH93

Catalogue No.: CH93 Description: Chinese Folding Photographic Print Book, 20th century. Size: 158 X 105mm.

Image Code CH94

Catalogue No.: CH94 Description: Chinese Warring States Period Jade Carving of a Recumbent Lion, (480 – 221 BC). Size: 25 X 50mm.

Image Code CH98

Catalogue No.: CH98 Description: Chinese Ch’ing Silver Roundel depicting a Dragon or Hydra. Early 19th century. Size: 50mm dia.

Image Code CH99

Catalogue No.: CH99 Description: Chinese Ch’ing Silver Lidded Box of fine style with repousse decoration.  Early 19th century. Size: 41 X 29mm.

Image Code CH100

Catalogue No.: CH100 Description: Chinese Silver Bowl, Late 19th century. Size: 55 X 44mm.

Image Code CH101

Catalogue No.: CH101 Description: Chinese Silver Filigree Pendant, 20th century. Size: 81 X 24mm.

Image Code CH102

Catalogue No.: CH102 Description: Chinese Silver Pendant or Attribute. Size: 51 X 12mm.

Image Code CH103

Catalogue No.: CH103 Description: Chinese Photographic Print, 20th century. Size: 183 X 233mm.

Image Code CH115

Catalogue No.: CH115 Description: Chinese Women's 'Bound Feet' Shoe pair, 20th century. Size: 117 X 68mm.

Image Code CH116

Catalogue No.: CH116 Description: Chinese Women's 'Bound Feet' Shoe pair, 20th century. Size: 106 X 37mm.

Image Code CH117

Catalogue No.: CH117 Description: Chinese Women's 'Bound Feet' Shoe pair, 20th century. Size: 126 X 23mm.

Image Code CH118

Catalogue No.: CH118 Description: Chinese Women's 'Bound Feet' Shoe pair, 20th century. Size: 122 X 42mm.

Image Code CH119

Catalogue No.: CH119 Description: Chinese Women's 'Bound Feet' Shoe pair, 20th century. Size: 97 X 34mm.

Image Code CH120

Catalogue No.: CH120 Description: Chinese Women's 'Bound Feet' Shoe pair, 20th century. Size: 121 X 51mm.

Image Code CH133

Catalogue No.: CH133 Description: Chinese 19th century cloth robe. Size: 930 X 810mm.

Image Code CH134

Catalogue No.: CH134 Description: Chinese gathered cloth tunic. Size: 690 X 530mm.

Image Code CH139

Catalogue No.: CH139 Description: Chinese Ritual Bronze Axe. Warring States Period (480-221 BC). Size: 70 X 75mm.

Image Code CH140

Catalogue No.: CH140 Description: Chinese Ritual Bronze Axe. Warring States Period (480-221 BC). Size: 72 X 78mm.

Image Code CH141

Catalogue No.: CH141 Description: Chinese Ritual Bronze Axe. Warring States Period (480-221 BC). Size: 74 X 76mm.

Image Code CH142

Catalogue No.: CH142 Description: Chinese Glazed Ceramic Plate. Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911). Size: 180 X 32mm.

Image Code CH143

Catalogue No.: CH143 Description: Chinese Glazed Ceramic Plate. Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911). Size: 175 X 33mm.

Image Code CH149

Catalogue No.: CH149 Description: Ming Dynasty Porcelain Bowl. Size: 151 X 54mm.

Image Code CH150

Catalogue No.: CH150 Description: Chinese Porcelain Spoons. With hand-painted blue decoration. Ch'ing Dynasty, 19th Century. Size: 94mm, 25mm dia.

Image Code CH104

Catalogue No.: CH104 Description: Chinese Women's 'Bound Feet' Shoe pair, 20th century. Size: 118 X 72mm.

Image Code CH105

Catalogue No.: CH105 Description: Chinese Women's 'Bound Feet' Shoe pair, 20th century. Size: 120 X 70mm.

Image Code CH106

Catalogue No.: CH106 Description: Chinese Women's 'Bound Feet' Shoe pair, 20th century. Size: 169 X 66mm.

Image Code CH107

Catalogue No.: CH107 Description: Chinese Women's 'Bound Feet' Shoe pair, 20th century. Size: 105 X 70mm.

Image Code CH151

Catalogue No.: CH151 Description: Chinese Porcelain Spoon. Size: 101mm, 33mm dia.

Image Code CH152

Catalogue No.: CH152 Description: Chinese Porcelain Spoons. With hand-painted green and red decoration. Ch'ing Dynasty, 19th Century. Size: 102mm, 30mm dia.

Image Code CH153

Catalogue No.: CH153 Description: Chinese Porcelain Spoon. Size: 124mm, 39mm dia.

Image Code CH154

Catalogue No.: CH154 Description: Oriental Dragon Pot. Blue and white decorated with dragon and phoenix motifs, 19th Century. Size: 136mm, 116mm dia.

Image Code CH155

Catalogue No.: CH155 Description: Chinese Bottle Vase. Hand-painted blue and white bottle or specimen vase. Ch'ing Dynasty, 19th Century. Size: 78mm, 108mm dia.

Image Code CH156

Catalogue No.: CH156 Description: Chinese Glazed Ceramic Vase. 20th Century. Size: 210mm, 120mm dia.

Image Code CH157 Image Code CH157a

Catalogue No.: CH157 Description: Chinese Lidded Pot. Ch'ing Dynasty - Reign of Daoguang (1821-1850). Rare item of burial ware with hand-engraved inscription to the inside of pot and lid referring to the name and family history of the deceased who died in Zhangzhou Province on 21st October during the reign of Daoguang (1821-1850) and recording details as:- Male: Name Tan Yeale. Born during reign of Ch'ien-Lung 1736-1795 on 18 July. Died during reign of Tao-Kuang 1821-1850 on 21 October. Zhangzhou Province, China. Inscription on lid mentions he had one son - 6 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Mention is made that according to custom the pot was buried one month after his death on 25 November. Size: 152 X 690mm.

Image Code CH111

Catalogue No.: CH111 Description: Chinese Women's 'Bound Feet' Shoe pair, 20th century. Size: 125 X 89mm.

Image Code CH112

Catalogue No.: CH112 Description: Chinese Women's 'Bound Feet' Shoe pair, 20th century. Size: 138 X 49mm.

Image Code CH113

Catalogue No.: CH113 Description: Chinese Women's 'Bound Feet' Shoe pair, 20th century. Size: 99 X 75mm.

Image Code CH114

Catalogue No.: CH114 Description: Chinese Women's 'Bound Feet' Shoe pair, 20th century. Size: 127 X 44mm.

Image Code CH158

Catalogue No.: CH158 Description: Chinese Famille Rose Teapot. Barrel-shaped teapot in fine style with fine hand-painted polychrome enamel decoration. Late 19th Century. Size: 136mm, 89mm dia.

Image Code CH159

Catalogue No.: CH159 Description: Chinese Blue and White Display Dish. Impressive large hand-painted export-ware display dish with nicely executed lake-side scene and diaper border to the front and motifs/banding to the underside. Size: 450 X 60mm.

Image Code CH160

Catalogue No.: CH160 Description: Early Brass Teapot. Superb early small teapot, the body with two inset depictions of oriental women, the base signed. Early 20th Century. Size: 137 X 104mm.

Image Code CH161

Catalogue No.: CH161 Description: Oriental Carved Jade Buddha. Early depiction of Buddha on throne in "mutton fat" jade. 18th Century or earlier (94 mm). Size: 95 X 47mm.

Image Code CH162

Catalogue No.: CH162 Description: Early Chinese Buddha. Fine terracotta moulded depiction of the Buddha with remnant gesso coating. China, 16th Century. Size: 56 X 25mm.

Image Code CH163

Catalogue No.: CH163 Description: Early Chinese Buddhist Figurines - Ming Dynasty. Fine terracotta figurines with remnant white gesso coating. China, 16th Century. Size: 58 X 23mm.

Image Code CH164

Catalogue No.: CH164 Description: Early Chinese Buddhist Figurines - Ming Dynasty. Fine terracotta figurines with remnant white gesso coating. China, 16th Century. Size: 59 X 21mm.

Image Code CH165

Catalogue No.: CH165 Description: Early Chinese Buddhist Figurines - Ming Dynasty. Fine terracotta figurines with remnant white gesso coating. China, 16th Century. Size: 64 X 28mm.

Image Code CH108

Catalogue No.: CH108 Description: Chinese Women's 'Bound Feet' Shoe pair, 20th century. Size: 163 X 62mm.

Image Code CH109

Catalogue No.: CH109 Description: Chinese Women's 'Bound Feet' Shoe pair, 20th century. Size: 160 X 111mm.

Image Code CH110

Catalogue No.: CH1101 Description: Chinese Women's 'Bound Feet' Shoe pair, 20th century. Size: 174 X 57mm.

Image Code G38

Catalogue No.: G38 Description: Chinese Sung Dynasty Storage Vessel, c. 13th century AD. Size: 185 x 240mm.

Image Code G39

Catalogue No.: G39 Description: Chinese Sung Dynasty Storage Vessel, c. 13th century AD. Size: 200 x 225mm.

Image Code G41

Catalogue No.: G41 Description: Chinese Ginger Jar. With attractive mottled emerald green glaze and reserved base. Early 19th century. Size: 100 x 82mm.

Image Code G59

Catalogue No.: G59 Description: Early Chinese Miniature Pot. Ointment pot with green glaze and heavy base. 13th - 14th Century. Size: 65 x 53mm.

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