Pottery Bc

Large Cypriot geometric period Bichrome-ware amphora, the body encircled with bands of red and brown, the shoulder with a series of 'target' circles, with twin loop handles and flare...

This Amlash Openwork Terracotta Tripod Jar, dating from circa 1200–800 BC, is a striking example of ancient craftsmanship from the region of northwestern Iran.

Rare Chinese tomb soldier figures from the Han dynasty, China (206 BC-A.D 9) This extraordinary figures dates to the Han dynasty of ancient China, circa 200 BC They are in a remark...

Artifacts such as food waste and domestic pottery dating back to 300 BC unveil glimpses of everyday life beneath the shadows of this remarkable structure.

Pre Columbian art A charming and very rare Recuay small spotted deer vessel, a very finely made vessel of a deer like creature with long tale and exaggerated teeth hold and curved ob...

Incredible Daunian Pottery Askos from Apulia, Italy. Circa 3rd Century BC.

Small Apulian redfigured hydria, South Italy. Hydria decorated in black glaze and white colour with female head in profile. Provenance: From an old Danish collection. A hydria...

A wonderful ancient Chinese pottery figure of a recumbent bull, dating to the Han dynasty, circa 206 BC - 220 AD.

An ancient Greek Attic black-figure lekythos, dating to around 490 BC. Of Classic form, the piriform body sits upon a disc base, with a strap handle and tall neck flaring graceful...

A large, elegant ancient Greek blackware hydria, in exceptional condition, dating to the 4th century BC. The piece stands on a circular base, with acorn shaped body, cylindrical n...

Vertical ribbing appeared on Gnathian pottery sometime after 300 BC. Diameter: 3 1/2 inches.

An ancient Greek Attic black-figure lekythos, dating to circa 490 BC. A joyous scene decorates the body of this elegant black-figure lekythos (oil flask). We see a procession, per...

vermilion pottery. This item is a vermilion pottery. The exact date of this pottery is not yet known, but it is said to be approximately 300 BC --300 AD.

A charming Pre Columbian burnished pottery vessel in the form of a Chihuahua. Created by the people of the Colima Culture of western Mexico and dating to around 200 BC - 200 AD.

A very large ancient Chinese Han dynasty terracotta figure of a boar or pig, dating to approximately 206 BC-220 AD. The animal is shown standing foursquare, the tail curled on the...

A beautiful ancient Greek Apulian red-figure lekanis, dating to 350–300 BC. The lekanis of typically elegant form, the shallow bowl painted in black, standing on a stemmed foot a...

A well provenanced, large, elegant ancient Greek blackware hydria, dating to the 4th century BC. 
 The piece stands on a circular base, rising into an acorn shaped body, cylindrica...

A well provenanced ancient Greek blackware oinochoe jug, dating to the 4th century BC. The piece stands on a circular base, with acorn shaped body, cylindrical neck with trefoil m...

An ancient Cypriot iron age geometric period oinochoe (or wine jug), dating to circa 750-650 BC. Standing on a ring base with a large, round body, cylindrical flaring neck, splaye...

An ancient Apulian Greek red-figure fish plate, dating to the 4th century BC. Sitting upon a short stem base, with two bream, two molluscs and a spotted torpedo fish around a cent...

This pottery is entirely handmade as these people had no knowledge of the wheel.   


It is an ancient Chinese pottery. It is an excavated item from 2600 years ago to 2000 years ago. This era is the Neolithic era. There was a culture in the northwestern part of Chi...

An elegant ancient Greek black glazed ceramic kylix, produced in Athens, circa 4th century BC. A beautiful, decorative vessel, of pleasing form, decorated throughout with a magnif...

A simple and elegant Chinese high fired gray pottery jar, Warring States or early Han Dynasty, circa 4th -3rd century BC, China.

An ancient Chinese Han dynasty terracotta attendant figure, dating to 206 BC–220 AD. Shown standing upright with elongated limbs, oval face and schematic features. He wears a suit...

An ancient Chinese Han dynasty painted terracotta figure of a charioteer, dating to 206 BC–220 AD. One of the most refined examples of a Han figure we have seen, there is a toweri...

An ancient Pre-Columbian Nayarit figure of a warrior, dating to the Proto-Classic period, 100 BC-250 AD. A long serpent-like face, grinning through the fleshy lips, with a set of ...

A large red polished ware Cypriot amphora, originally from the collection of General Luigi Palma di Cesnola (1832-1904). Dating to the early Bronze Age, circa 2700 - 1900 BC. Wit...

A Cypriot amphora, dating to the Cypro-Archaic period, circa 700-600 BC. With splayed foot and wide voluminous body, rounded shoulders, cylindrical neck and two double strap handl...

A large and very well preserved ancient Cypriot Iron Age Geometric Period amphora, dating to circa 950 - 800 BC. The vessel is of typical form; with ring base, piriform body, wide...

An ancient Cypriot middle Bronze Age white painted ware dipper cup, dating to around 1900 BC. The deep bowl with everted rim and rounded base, adorned with a tall ‘wishbone’ handl...

A terracotta model of a warrior on horseback, from Cyprus, dating to the Cypro-Archaic period, circa 7th - 6th century BC. The horse standing with head raised, the helmeted rider...

A base ring ware jug from Cyprus, dating to the Late Bronze Age, circa 1550-1200 BC. With ring base, plump body, cylindrical neck, rimmed mouth and strap handle. Potted from orang...

A terracotta figure of a warrior from Cyprus, dating to the Cypro-Archaic period, circa 750–600 BC. The bearded figure is shown standing, his right arm folded across his chest, pr...

An ancient Greek Campanian pottery rhyton or drinking vessel, dating to circa 350 BC.

A pottery jug from Cyprus dating to the Middle Bronze Age, circa 1900-1650 BC.

An exceptional Middle Bronze Age Cypriot ceramic of clearly anthropomorphic form. The ceramic has an ovoid body, which stands on three stubby legs, a short cylindrical neck, funne...

An incised red polished ware jug from Cyprus, dating to the early Bronze Age, circa 2300-2000 BC. With rounded, globular body and cylindrical neck, cutaway-beak spout and a loop ...

A highly decorative and very large pair of ancient Chinese green glazed vases, dating to the Han Dynasty, circa 206 BC - 220 AD. The huge wheel thrown vessels of spherical form, sta...

An ancient Chinese Western Han Dynasty pottery Hu, dating to 206 BC – 9 AD. With the calm elegance that typifies Hu vessels, the bold silhouette and flowing curves communicate bot...

Dating to around 750-475 BC, this pottery representation survives in a very good state of preservation.

A Chinese Han dynasty period glazed ceramic Hu vessel circa 202 BC-200 AD, with petite decorative handles and wavy motifs. Crafted in China during the Han dynasty, this wine vessel, ...

A Chinese Neolithic terracotta pottery from 4000-3000 BC, with single lateral handle and red and black painted geometric decor.

A classic Chinese Han Dynasty "cocoon jar" of high fired gray pottery, Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - 9 AD), China.

This rare artifact is an Indus Valley red-painted pottery vessel, circa 2300-2000 BC. This piece comes from the Nindowari culture Indus Valley, Pakistan.

This pattern consists of a checkerboard motif that wraps around the body, intersected by vertical bands which create a striking contrast to the earthy tones of the clay. Date : 3,00...

The patterns are rendered in a dark pigment, possibly a form of early paint, and are quite distinct against the lighter background of the clay. Date : 3,000-2,000 BC Made in : Hunan...

Acquired in Hong Kong in the late 1990s. Date : 3,000-2,000 BC Made in : Gansu province Dimension : 23cm (Height) x 8.5cm(Mouth Diameter) Condition : Good Provenance : Acquired in l...

A rustic Chinese Neolithic bronze age pottery amphora with painted geometric design, Yangshao Culture (5000-3000 BC), circa 3500 BC, China.

A very large ancient Chinese Han dynasty terracotta ox, dating to 206 BC-220 AD. One of the largest depictions of an animal that we have seen from the Han dynasty, this powerful p...

A beautiful, rare and well provenanced ancient Greek, Paestan Red-Figure Hydria (water carrying vessel), dating to the mid-4th century BC and attributed to the painter of the Louvre ...

Oinochoe Greek, circa 350 BC., terracotta. H 13.2 cm. Certified Greece, Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Apulia, circa 340-325 BCE.

In antiquity, this head would have been attached to a pottery body with wooden legs of substantial size.

Ovoid form escalating to a cylindrical neck with a flaring rim, adorned at the shoulder with three narrow grooved horizontal bands. Each side is equipped with an incised double-loop ...

Italian Venetian style (20th Cent) octagonal shaped painted and decorated metal and wood bird cage with 8 upholstered seat and back cushions around base. (Franco Zefferelli Collection)

Potted in a balanced baluster form with a gently flared mouth and a stable foot, this vase presents a calm and harmonious silhouette. Animal-form handles holding looped rings add scu...

The entire surface of the vase is adorned with elaborate chrysanthemum motifs, elegantly connected by flowing, curved stems, while the background's leaf patterns enhance its sense of...

A large and decorative Chinese green-glazed pottery hu vase. Han dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD). The compressed globular body encircled by eight mystical beasts of monkeys, Rabbits, de...

This dish is covered in a rich green glaze, with a central medallion depicting a sinuous dragon in high relief, surrounded by a continuous band of floral scrolls. The dragon’s scales...

The jar is of globular shape and is decorated to the body with a geometric design band of lozenge-shaped motifs in blue, green, ochre and cream below a plain ochre everted mouth rim,...

A sublime Chinese Yueyao glazed guan jar with incised decoration and applied handles, five dynasties period (907- 979 AD), China. The vessel of somewhat flattened globular form, w...

A wonderful, unique, and handcrafted piece of ancient Japanese Sueki Sue ware pottery dating back to the 500-600s (6th-7th century). Sueki/ Sue pottery was a blue-gray form of stonew...

This terracotta vessel was fired to a warm yellow-brown that shows subtle oxidation marks across the surface. Entirely unglazed, it retains a matte, tactile finish with fine pores an...

The jar features a round body with well-proportioned four distinct tiers and a short, stable foot. The surface is coated in a deep green Longquan celadon glaze, showcasing the sprout...

A fine and unusual Chinese Tang Sancai glazed model of a horse and rider, Tang Dynasty (618 to 906 CE), early 8th century, China. This fantastic sculpture portrays a male figures se...