Chinese Court Lady Statue with Egg and Spinach Pattern Kimono and Holding a Dog

A small Chinese vintage statue of a court lady dressed in a brown geometric patterns kimono and holding a swaddled baby. Tilting her head slightly to the side and wearing a tradition...

A Chinese vintage statue of a court lady dressed in a blue kimono and holding a swaddled baby. Tilting her head slightly to the side and wearing a traditional hairstyle, this court l...

A Chinese faience duck sculpture with blue oriental accents. Faience is tin-glazed pottery on a delicate pale buff earthenware body, a Chinese technique ...

A Chinese vintage Japanese Kutani style lamp from the mid-20th century, with court scenes and wooden base. Crafted in China during the midcentu...

A vintage Chinese ceramic life size heron bird sculpture from the Mid-20th Century, with green glaze, blue accents and textured base. We have more ceramic heron sculptures available ...

A large contemporary Chinese rose medallion hand painted porcelain platter with court scenes, flowers and butterflies. Attracting our eye with its harmoniously organized decor, this round hand painted porcelain platter, showcasing a blue ground, is adorned with a central medallion around which are evolving C-scroll cartouches: Court scenes are indeed alternating with flowers and butterflies, in a graceful dance. Painted in the back with butterflies and birds perched in flowers, this large porcelain platter...

Fine and rare set of five "egg and spinach" Chinese export porcelain bowls. Painted in a Tang Sancai or "Tiger Skin" technique used in the Kangxi perio...

A fine pair of Chinese porcelain candlestick figures, c. 1760, Qianlong Period. Modelled as Court Ladies, holding large lotus pods, wearing flowing robes, decorated in vibrant famill...

This is a good Chinese hardwood foo dog, sometimes called a temple lion that we date to the late Qing period, circa 1900. The piece is hand carved as a fierce dog or lion sat on a...

These petite ceramic fu dog figurines likely once stood upon a home altar as incense burners to accompany ritual ancestor worship. Also known as shizi, pairs of fu dog lions are beli...

This is a good Chinese hand carved bamboo Foo or Lion Dog, sometimes called a temple lion that we date to the 19th Century Qing period. T...

Simply gorgeous and so delicately and beautifully made. This work has been molded in a whitish, dense terracotta, typical of the region of the capital of Luoyang, and then lightly glazed. We are not sure how to date this work. We believe, based on comparisons, that this piece could date as far back as the Tang dynasty (though we are not experts and have not had this verified by one. Again, this is not our area of expertise). The white terracotta and glaze appear correct as does the figures stately pose and elaborate hairstyle which was a characteristic feature of Tang pottery women. The people of ancient China believed that some part of the essence and life force of a human being was contained in the hair. Much time and effort went into this to create elaborate coiffures that the woman proudly displayed when in public. The Tang dynasty is also the only period in Chinese History to have known a female sovereign - The Empress Wu Zetian (625-706). Comes with Lucite display stand...