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Period: 15th Century and Earlier
Chinese Ming Dynasty Period Ancient Turquoise Roof Tile with Crane and Flower
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Ming Dynasty period ancient roof tile with turquoise finish, crane and flower. Created in China during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), this ancient roof tile features a turqu...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Bronze Age Spiral Pendants
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Pair of Spiral pendants, bronze age, Europe, circa 1000 BC, 3 and 3 half inches 7 9 cm, mounted on custom stands.
Provenance: From a private European collection; formed in the 1980s.
Category
European Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Fine Tang Dynasty Pottery Horse, Oxford TL Tested
Located in Greenwich, CT
Tang dynasty pottery statue of standing horse with removable saddle, Tang dynasty 618-907, come with Oxford authentication TL test certificate. Oxford test num...
Category
Chinese Tang Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Archaic Chinese Bronze Ritual Vessel, Gui, Early Western Zhou, 11th century BCE
Located in Austin, TX
A stunning and rare Chinese archaic bronze gui, a type of ritual bronze vessel used to hold grain, either for feasting, or for making offerings ...
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Chinese Archaistic Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Ancient Bactrian Marble Idol Staff Sceptor
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A large Bactrian marble staff circa late 3rd-2nd millennium BCE. The Bactrian culture was discovered by Soviet archeologists in the 1970s in Afghanistan. Also called the Oxus culture...
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Afghan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Marble
Chinese Han Dynasty Silver-Decorated Garlic Head Bronze Hu Vase, 3rd Century BC
Located in Austin, TX
A gorgeous and striking late Warring States (475 to 221 BC) or early Han Dynasty (221 to 206 BC) cast bronze and silver-decorated garlic head hu vessel.
Of elegant bottle form, w...
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Chinese Han Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Painted Stucco Head of a Luohan, Song Dynasty, 11th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A remarkable Chinese life sized painted stucco head of a luohan, Song, Liao or Jin Dynasty, circa 11th century, China.
The amazingly life-like figure depicts a luohan (sometime spelled lohan), also known as an arhat, one of the original disciples of the Buddha. The elderly man has been molded in stucco with inset glass eyes and painted with idealized, if slightly exaggerated features.
The unidentified luohan sports a bald, or perhaps shaved, domed head above a bulging forehead, symbolizing his vast wisdom. The wrinkles in his furrowed brow, and creases around his eyes add to his realism. The learned man stares out wisely from deep set, heavily lidded inlaid glass eyes that catch the light.
The luohan has high cheekbones and a prominent jawline. His lips full and pursed as if about to speak. The corners of his mouth turned up ever so slightly in a faint smile, causing his gaunt cheeks to dimple charismatically. A series of dots above the upper lip indicate he may originally have sported a mustache of real hair.
This life sized head with extremely realistic features fits into a very narrow time frame of Chinese Buddhist art. Perhaps the most recognized group of large, finely molded Chinese luohan...
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Chinese Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Glass, Stucco
Tang Dynasty Terracotta Pottery Statue of Civil Officer, Oxford TL Tested
Located in Greenwich, CT
An elegant and superbly sculpted pottery statue of standing civil official, Tang dynasty 618-907, come with oxford authentication TL test certificate. Oxford TL Test sample numbers: ...
Category
Chinese Tang Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Large Early Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Model of a Prancing Horse, TL Tested
Located in Austin, TX
A magnificent and large early Tang dynasty (618-906 AD) model of a prancing or dancing horse, circa 7th century.
The majestic animal is caught mid-motion, one leg raised, head grace...
Category
Chinese Tang Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Massive Chinese Han Dynasty Sichuan Terracotta Pottery Horse, Oxford TL Tested
Located in Greenwich, CT
A massive Chinese Han dynasty Sichuan terracotta pottery figure of a horse
Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
Powerfully modelled in a pose of alert attention, its strong neck and head po...
Category
Chinese Han Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Set of Refine Ming Dynasty Green Glazed Attendants and a Sedan Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
A set of very refined green glazed attendants and one sedan chair, each with benevolent facial expression, beautiful colors and lines, Ming dynasty 1368-1644. Three glazed attendants...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Tang Dynasty Sancai Glazed Pottery Camel, TL Tested
Located in Austin, TX
An evocative Chinese Tang dynasty (618 to 906 AD) sancai glazed pottery model of a braying camel. The camel is well modeled, standing foursquare upon a rectangular plinth, neck raised, head thrown back, and mouth open in either a defiant, or triumphant, bray.
Although sancai means "three color", this particular camel is glazed with only two colors - mostly in amber, with patches of straw glaze mimicking the large patches of fur along the camel's legs, humps, head and neck.
TL tested...
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Chinese Tang Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Antique Ceremonial Urns, Song Dynasty, 12th-13th Century
Located in New York, NY
Two tall ceremonial urns dating from the 12th-13th century, Southern Song dynasty. These two stunning vases depict 12 traditional ritual attendan...
Category
Chinese Other Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Celadon
Extremely Rare Late Shang Dynasty Inlaid Bronze Gu Vessel
Located in Austin, TX
Of classic trumpet form, with a round, splayed foot, narrow, waisted body and wide, flaring mouth.
Two sets of large, well defined fanged and horned taotie masks cast in high relief...
Category
Chinese Archaistic Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Jade, Malachite, Bronze
Chinese Liao Dynasty Amber Glazed Stoneware Strap Handle Ewer, 11th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A lovely Chinese amber glazed pottery pouring vessel, Liao Dynasty (907 to 1125 AD).
The vessel featuring a globular body with an elongated neck sligh...
Category
Chinese Tang Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Stoneware
Han Dynasty Horse and Rider TL Tested
Located in Atlanta, GA
Tombs of the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) were typically furnished with model figures and other objects believed to be necessary for a safe journey to the afterlife. Historical records indicate that when important military officials died, the imperial Han court would give them elaborate funerals, including a full military cortege. It is likely that this figure of a horse and rider was originally part of a model funerary retinue comprised of soldiers and cavalrymen that would have been placed in such a tomb.
Beautifully proportioned Han dynasty polychrome painted terracotta horse and rider. The warrior is decorated with a painted orange and black tunic. A quiver is visible attached to his back. He would have originally held a wooden bow in between his hands that has rotted away over the centuries. He is riding a beautifully sculpted white horse.
TL tested...
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Chinese Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
A Stucco Torso of the Buddha, Gandhara, 4th-5th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a STUNNING piece of Indian Antiquity from circa the 4th-5th Century, namely, A Stucco Torso of the Buddha, Gandhara.
Ancient Gandhara is located in the rugged foothills of the Himalayas in what is today northwest Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, was for centuries a thriving center of trade along the Silk Road linking China, South Asia, and the Mediterranean.
The piece was purchased by a Private Collector at Sotheby’s, or more probably, Christies of New York Auction pre-2000. The paper label on the wooden base is “7281/465” for Sale Number 7281, Lot No. 465.
Sotheby’s and Christies operate a twice yearly auction of Southeast Asian Art & Antiquities in New York in the months of March and September.
The Sale Number is more like a ‘Christies;’ Sale Number but we cannot locate any records for this sale online as it was pre-2004.
The sculpture is a Gandharan stucco headless bust...
Category
Afghan Medieval Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Stucco
Bactrian Marble Column Idol
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Bactrian marble column idol, circa 3000-2000 Bc. It has a elegant tapering form with a undeep groove running on the top and bottom. The marble is a breccia type with striking vains i...
Category
Afghan Archaistic Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Marble
Elegant Han Dynasty Terracotta Warrior - China '206 BC - 220 AD'
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Impressive terracotta warrior representing a banner bearer gripping a wooden staff with his hands (dematerialized through the ages); his gaze is ser...
Category
Chinese Han Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Large Superb Naturalistic Modeled Standing Camel, Tang Dynasty Oxford TL Tested
Located in Greenwich, CT
A large superbly and naturalist modeled standing camel, Tang dynasty 618-907, come with Oxford authentication TL test certificate, Oxford test numbers 102s49.
Category
Chinese Tang Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Khmer Bronze Buddhist Triad, Style of the Bayon, 12th-13th Century, Cambodia
Located in Austin, TX
An important Khmer bronze Buddhist triad group featuring an image of the Buddha sheltered by a naga, and flanked by the bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Prajnaparamita, Angkor Period, Style of the Bayon, late 12th-early 13th century, Cambodia.
This triad represents one of the most important images in Khmer art...
Category
Cambodian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Gandharan Stucco Head of the Buddha, 3rd-5th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A sublime Greco-Buddhist stucco head of the Buddha, ancient region of Gandhara, circa 3rd-5th century.
A fragment of a larger statue, the Buddha's face...
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Pakistani Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Stucco
Very Elegant Tang Dynasty Dignitary in Orange Terracotta, China '618-907 AD'
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Very elegant terracotta dignitary in blue and red robes standing with the hands joined at the chest. He wears a blue headdress with a bird at its center. Orange Terracotta
This gorg...
Category
Chinese Tang Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Central Javanese Bronze Footed Offering Vessel, 8th-10th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A gorgeously patinated bronze pedestal offering tray, talam, Central Javanese Period, Java, 8th-10th century.
The offering tray of beautiful form and proportions, with a splayed a...
Category
Javanese Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Rare Samarkanda or Bokara Almoner Trays
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Very antique and rare almoner trays from Samarkanda or Bokara - Ghaznevide Dinasty from 11th-12th century A.D.
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Category
Uzbek Other Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Copper
Ancient Buddhist Stone Tabletop Altar with a Lotus Flower
Located in Antwerp, BE
An exceptional and very early Buddhist stone altar equipped with two handgrips for moving it to the spot of the planned sacrifice. Carved by hand from a si...
Category
Asian Hellenistic Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Schist
Tang Dynasty Court Official in Sancai Glazed Robes, China '618-907' - TL Tested
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A Tang dynasty sancai (three color) glazed pottery model of a Taoist official, TL tested by Ralf Kotalla - worldwide oldest private laboratory specialized for genuine thermoluminesce...
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Chinese Tang Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Majestic Prancing Horse, Tang Dynasty, China '618-907 AD', TL Test by Kotalla
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Magnificent prancing horse in orange terracotta with traces of polychrome paint. Springing its right leg with a lively position and an expressive look. With a finely decorated saddle...
Category
Chinese Tang Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Gandharan Stucco Head of a Donor, 4th-5th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A sublime molded stucco head of a young male donor from the ancient region of Gandhara, 4th-5th century.
The youthful nobleman sculpted in an idealized...
Category
Pakistani Hellenistic Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Stucco
Chimera (Pixiu) Terracotta Mythological Being - Tang Dynasty, China '618-907 AD'
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Magnificent Mythological Being "Chimera" with Human Face and Flaming Rays Halo. Orange Terracotta with Traces of Stucco and Painting.
This creature is commonly known as Pixiu. Fierc...
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Chinese Tang Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Monumental Han Dynasty Terracotta Horse - TL Tested - China, '206 BC–220 AD'
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A massive pottery horse with separately made head and tail, standing on all fours and striding with its right hoof forward. Extended snout ends in parted lips showing teeth beneath i...
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Chinese Han Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Central Javanese Bronze Footed and Lidded Offering Vessel, 8th-10th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A stunning and rare Javanese bronze footed offering vessel and cover, Central Javanese Period, 8th-10th century.
The ritual offering vessel of elega...
Category
Javanese Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Artefact, Majapahit Terracotta Expressive Head, Java, 1300 AD
Located in Antwerp, BE
A figurative construction ceramic probably a water collector simply modeled, this head is very expressive and the details can clearly be seen.
The Trowulan archaeological site, approximately 100 square kilometres, located in the Mojokerto Regency is believed to contain the remains of what was once the capital city of the Majapahit Empire, featured by 14th century poet Mpu Prapanca in his poem Nagarakretagama. The city was razed during a fight between Girindrawardhana and Kertabhumi in 1478. The Trowulan site is the only archaeological site dating to the Hindu-Buddha classical age to be found in Indonesia. Archaeological remnants and artefacts of the old city in the Trowulan Site were found buried underground as well as on the surface and are still being found today.rtefact:Majapahit terracotta...
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Javanese Folk Art Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Tang Dynasty Pottery Court Lady
Located in Austin, TX
Painted pottery figure of an opulent Chinese court woman with up-swept hair and standing in a simply draped robe from the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). Her beauty is illuminated by the ...
Category
Chinese Tang Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Han Dynasty Green Glazed Covered Storage Jar
Located in Austin, TX
A wonderful Han Dyansty (206 BC-200 AD) storage vessel. The circular body set upon three legs and fitted with a lid. The entirety covered in heavy leaded green glaze, imitating bronz...
Category
Chinese Han Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Monumental Buddha Torso White Marble Sculpture - Tang Dynasty China 618-907 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Beautiful and impressive early Tang white marble sculpture of headless Buddha, dressed in an elegant pleated toga. China. 618-907 AD. A true collectors piece.
This magnificent piece...
Category
Chinese Tang Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Marble
Magnificent Court Attendants in Terracotta - Ming Dynasty, China 1368-1644 AD TL
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A magnificent pair of male and female courtiers from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 CE) in excellent condition. They are wearing traditional Daopao robes in green and black garments wit...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Two Pieces of a Pair of Encrusted Cizao tradeware from Fujian, 13th/14th century
Located in Chicago, IL
Two pieces of a pair of encrusted rare Cizao tradeware vessels from Fujian. These items were made for export to Southeast Asia. Southern Song to Yuan Dyn...
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Chinese Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Jin Dynasty Cizhou Ware Crouching Tiger Pottery Pillow, 12th-century, China
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Chinese Jin Dynasty 12th Century Cizhou Ware Crouching Tiger Pottery Pillow .Tiger pillow, Jin dynasty, 12th century (circa 1150)
The pillow is assembled ...
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Chinese Ming Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
Massive Neolithic Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
This pot most likely came from what is now modern Kansu, the corridor west of the Yellow River and in the T'ao River Valley region of northwest China and east Mongolia. The Hsia Chia...
Category
Chinese Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Earthenware, Ceramic
Lady Guanyin Bodhisattva Gilded Wood Carving - Ming Dynasty, China 1368-1644 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Magnificent Lady Guanyin Bodhisattva seated in Royal Relaxation pose hand-carved in Gilded Wood with traces of paint still visible.
This expressi...
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Chinese Ming Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Ming Dynasty Chinese Countryside Villa - TL Tested
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Extremely rare Chinese model of a countryside villa for the royal courtiers and ministries of the Ming Dynasty -1368-1644 AD- showing three guest houses and one main entry. The villa is surrounded by a cuadrangular wall painted with bucolic scenes of garden, mountains, and bamboo forests. The roof tiles are glazed in green enamel with yellow finials – as the ones in the forbidden city – typical from the Ming epoch. Truly a museum piece. The doors swivel and are painted in ochre. State of preservation: impeccable mint condition with original paintings, all of the original parts are complete, except for one house which is missing part of the plinth (broken during transport). Each part has been tested for authenticity, consisting of eight separate TL tests...
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Chinese Ming Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Eastern Han Dynasty Terracotta Model of a Paper Mill , China '206BC - 220AD'
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Slab pottery constructed Model of a Paper Mill, in Green and Cream Color Glazed Terracotta having a peaked roof – open walled form with a mechanical pounder and a large round storage container. Light blue-green mottled glazed surface with some iridescence patina to the glaze. The Iridescence is a refraction of the layers on the glass that produces multicolor hues & metallic luster, and only develops after one thousand years of being buried in the ground. An unquestionable mark of antiquity, impossible to falsify.
Han Dynasty, dated 206 B.C-220 A.D.
Condition: Excellent, wear commensurate with age, an unusual example.
This fantastic piece is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Sculptural effigies of domesticated animals were often interred in the tombs of nobility and elite members of the social hierarchy. Models like this one were made to represent everything from simple goat or pig pens to the most elaborate towers and palaces. Because very few ancient Chinese buildings have survived intact, these models, along with descriptions from ancient texts, give a good representation of what the buildings might have looked like.
Burial figurines of graceful dancers, mystical beasts, and everyday objects reveal both how people in early China approached death and how they lived. Since people viewed the afterlife as an extension of worldly life, these figurines, called mingqi, sometimes referred as “spirit utensils” or “vessels of ghosts” disclose details of routine existence and provide insights into belief systems over a thousand-year period. For the first time in Chinese history, we have images of rural and daily life during the Han in the form of contemporary records...
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Chinese Han Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Impressive Terracotta Funerary Procession - Ming Dynasty, China '1368-1644 AD'
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Impressive Funeral Ensamble of 10 Terracotta Glazed Figures in green and caramel colors depicting a votive procession with a palanquin, his four carriers, a horse, a stableman, two musicians, and an offering carrier.
This ensemble is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity, and Certificate of Expertise by Jean-Yves Nathan - Specialist in Asian Arts for the CEDEA (The European Confederation of Art Experts).
Burial figurines of graceful dancers, mystical beasts, and everyday objects reveal both how people in early China approached death and how they lived. Since people viewed the afterlife as an extension of worldly life, these figurines, called mingqi, sometimes referred as “spirit utensils” or “vessels of ghosts” disclose details of routine existence and provide insights into belief systems over a thousand-year period.
The Ming dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China – then known as the Empire of the Great Ming – for 276 years (1368–1644 AD). Founded by Chu Yuan-chang, the rebel leader that was successful in removing the mongols from the throne. Chinese control was re-asserted in China and eastern Asia. Literature became more important, schools were created, and the justice system was reformed. The Ming dynasty is described by some as "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history,” was the last imperial dynasty in China ruled by ethnic Han Chinese.
The practice of burying ceramic objects with the deceased went into decline from the 10th to the 14th Century AD. There was a revival in placing miniature representations of glazed terracotta objects such a furniture, food offerings, horses, miniature statues...
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Chinese Ming Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Eastern Han Dynasty Terracotta Barn Workshop, China '206BC - 220AD' Ex-Museum
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Slab pottery constructed barn workshop having a peaked roof – open walled form with a mechanical pounder and a large round covered storage container. Light blue-green mottled glazed surface with some iridescence patina to the glaze.
Condition: Intact, excellent condition, an unusual example.
Provenance: The Living Torah Museum, Brooklyn; ex. Sands of Time, 2002.
Sculptural effigies of domesticated animals were often interred in the tombs of nobility and elite members of the social hierarchy. Models like this one were made to represent everything from simple goat or pig pens to the most elaborate towers and palaces. Because very few ancient Chinese buildings have survived intact, these models, along with descriptions from ancient texts, give a good representation of what the buildings might have looked like.
This fantastic piece is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Burial figurines of graceful dancers, mystical beasts, and everyday objects reveal both how people in early China approached death and how they lived. Since people viewed the afterlife as an extension of worldly life, these figurines, called mingqi, sometimes referred as “spirit utensils” or “vessels of ghosts” disclose details of routine existence and provide insights into belief systems over a thousand-year period. For the first time in Chinese history, we have images of rural and daily life during the Han in the form of contemporary...
Category
Chinese Han Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Superb Set of 5 Elegant Court Attendants, Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 AD TL Tested
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A stunning set of 5 graceful terracotta figurines from the Ming Dynasty '1368-1644' AD. These elegant attendants are standing on a yellow glazed lotus flower over a high hexagonal green plinth and wear fine robes in matching green and yellow glazes. The unglazed areas have pigmented colors in red, black and white. Each is carrying essential offerings for the royal family. The head is detachable as often seen on the larger figures from this period. Meticulously detailed facial expressions have been hand-painted.
Condition: Mint, finely preserved glaze and pigment, undamaged and no repairs.
Provenance: Ex. Danish Collection.
This set is guaranteed authentic and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and TL Test from Laboratory Kotalla in Germany (The Oldest Thermoluminescence Testing Laboratory in the World).
Dimensions: Average 54 H cms
Burial figurines of graceful dancers, mystical beasts, and everyday objects reveal both how people in early China approached death and how they lived. Since people viewed the afterlife as an extension of worldly life, these figurines, called mingqi, sometimes referred as “spirit utensils” or “vessels of ghosts” disclose details of routine existence and provide insights into belief systems over a thousand-year period.
The Ming dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China – then known as the Empire of the Great Ming – for 276 years (1368–1644 AD). Founded by Chu Yuan-chang, the rebel leader that was successful in removing the mongols from the throne. Chinese control was re-asserted in China and eastern Asia. Literature became more important, schools were created, and the justice system was reformed. The Ming dynasty is described by some as "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history,” was the last imperial dynasty in China ruled by ethnic Han Chinese.
The practice of burying ceramic objects with the deceased went into decline from the 10th to the 14th Century AD. There was a revival in placing miniature representations of glazed terracotta objects such a furniture, food offerings, horses, miniature statues...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese Six Dynasties Pottery Model of an Armored Horse, 3rd-4th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
An extremely rare Chinese painted pottery model of an armored horse, Six Dynasties period (220-581 AD), TL tested by Oxford Authentication.
The stocky ...
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Chinese Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
6 Elegant Ming Dynasty Court Attendants in Glazed Terracotta, China 1368-1644 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A fine set of a six court attendants as in the Forbidden City of Beijing, elegantly dressed in a Green & Red Daopao – a traditional men’s formal attire from the Ming Dynasty dated 1368-1643 A.D. – with glazed robes and Red Pigment remains in their hat and belts. They stand in an honorary posture atop a red plinth, some with orifices in their hands, where spirit objects were placed to comfort or satisfy the deceased. The heads are detachable, as often seen on the larger figures from this period.
They are accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity, and Certificate of Expertise by Jean-Yves Nathan - a leading authority specialized in Far East Archaeology from the CEDEA (The European Confederation of Art Experts).
Burial figurines of graceful dancers, mystical beasts, and everyday objects reveal both how people in early China approached death and how they lived. Since people viewed the afterlife as an extension of worldly life, these figurines, called mingqi, sometimes referred as “spirit utensils” or “vessels of ghosts” disclose details of routine existence and provide insights into belief systems over a thousand-year period.
The Ming dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China – then known as the Empire of the Great Ming – for 276 years (1368–1644 AD). Founded by Chu Yuan-chang, the rebel leader that was successful in removing the mongols from the throne. Chinese control was re-asserted in China and eastern Asia. Literature became more important, schools were created, and the justice system was reformed. The Ming dynasty is described by some as "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history,” was the last imperial dynasty in China ruled by ethnic Han Chinese.
The practice of burying ceramic objects with the deceased went into decline from the 10th to the 14th Century AD. There was a revival in placing miniature representations of glazed terracotta objects such a furniture, food offerings, horses, miniature statues...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Ming Dynasty Celestial Deity Head Carved in Stone - China '1368-1644 AD'
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Wonderful celestial deity head with a jovial expression in stone with a finely engraved cap. It is mounted on a custom lucite base.
This piece is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity, and Certificate of Expertise by Jean-Yves Nathan - Specialist in Asian Arts for the CEDEA (The European Confederation of Art Experts).
The Ming dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China – then known as the Empire of the Great Ming...
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Chinese Ming Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Stone
Ancient China Monumental Stone Ram Han Dynasty, 206BC-220AD
Located in South Burlington, VT
China, a large votive model of a stone ram, Han dynasty (206BC-220AD)
Dimensions: 45cm, 18 inches high and 65cm, 26 inches length and 25cm, 10 inches wi...
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Chinese Han Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Limestone
Pair of Chinese Han Dynasty Black Pottery Amphorae
Located in New York, NY
Frontal view of black pottery Amphora with two handles and mouth with two angular spouts. Round metal decoration applied around the body and handles. Original patina with natural min...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Han Dynasty Gray Pottery Figure of a Female Kneeling Long Sleeve Dancer
Located in Austin, TX
A stunningly quiet and elegant Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 9 CE) high fired gray pottery figure of a female long sleeved dancer.
The young dancer is portrayed in a moment of quie...
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Chinese Han Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Earthenware
Fine Chinese Han Dynasty Pottery Figure of a Standing Woman
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine Chinese Han Dynasty pottery figure of a standing woman, elegant and finely sculpted statue, Han Dynasty 206 BC-220 AD.
Category
Chinese Han Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Model of a Camel
Located in Austin, TX
A powerfully sculpted Chinese Tang Dynasty pottery model of a camel. The camel is portrayed in a walking stance, long neck extended, with head held high, mouth askew chewing cud. The...
Category
Chinese Tang Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Tang Dynasty Expressive Imperial Court Singer - TL Tested
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Very expressive Imperial Court singer dressed in elegant ceremonial robes with long sleeves and hands in motion. Gray terracotta. Thermoluminescense Test by Ralph Kotalla Lab NE: 05K091003 (Worldwide oldest private laboratory specialized in TL testing...
Category
Tang Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Tang Dynasty Imposing Terracota Lokapala Standing in Menacing Pose - TL Tested
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Imposing Lokapala figure standing in menacing pose. Terracotta with traces of old color pigments. China, Tang dynasty (618-907 AD.) Museum piece.
Lokapalas according to the Buddhist...
Category
Tang Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Shakyamuni, the Original Buddha Sculpted in Schist Stone, Originally from a Cave
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Shakyamuni, the original Buddha sculpted in schist stone. Originally from a cave.
Sui dynasty '589-618' AD
Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhartha or simply the Buddha. He was an a...
Category
Chinese Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Schist
Ming Dynasty Very Rare Wooden Bust of Lohan
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Very serene depiction of a Lohan carved in wood, eroded with the pass of time. Lohan is the Chinese term, derived from the Sanskrit word Arhan, for a disciple or follower of Buddha w...
Category
Ming Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
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