Shang Antique

A Chinese, mottled caramel jade decorative tool redolent of the Shang Dynasty, dating to the mid-19th century, circa 1850.

This Shang Dynasty–style bronze bell is a compelling representation of early Chinese ritual art, richly adorned with engraved mask motifs that echo the iconic taotie imagery associat...

Archaistic Shang dynasty (1600-1046 BC) style bronze 'double ram' vessel, Zun type.

Exceptional reproduction of a he type liquor Jug in bronze of the Shang Dynasty (17th-11th century BC). This bronze jug trypod represent a owl's head.

Of Classic vessel form, with an oval, splayed foot, narrow, waisted body and wide, flaring mouth. Very heavy and archaist vessel with lucky beetles around the sides.    

Shang pottery is characterized by its practical use and simple designs, reflecting the utilitarian needs of the society.

The rim is slightly rolled upward, adding to the natural feeling of the piece. Period: Zhou or Shang dynasty circa 1000 B.C.E. Medium : Grey earthenware with impressed decoration Ty...

A Chinese Inside-painted Glass Snuff bottle with Silver Metal, Early 20th Century Description: The scene depicted is a version of the famous classical Chinese painting "Along the Ri...

During the Meiji period, Japanese master metalworkers became fascinated with archaism—creating pieces inspired by ancient Chinese ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties (ov...

Fascinating vases crafted in the manner of archaistic examples Displays a desirable aged patina and in pleasingly time-worn condition Quality bronze presents deep chestnut hues with ...

Those Qing-period interpretations were themselves derived from much earlier Chinese ritual bronze vessels of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, whose archaic geometric ornament and mask-h...

This striking porcelain vessel is fashioned in the form of an ancient gu, a shape traditionally associated with ritual bronzes of the Shang and Zhou dynasties. Whether intended as an...

There it first developed during the Shang Dynasty (c.1600–1046 BC) and then flourished during the Tang Dynasty (618–907 AD), when it became a highly refined luxury art form.

These types of designs often emulate ancient bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties. This censer is from the Republic period reproduction, used earlier forms as prototypes.

The solid bronze base is styled after the Archaic Chinese Shang Dynasty "Fanglei" designs which date from around the year 1650.

The vase is decorated with Karakusa patterns and Shang style rising blade motifs. Fitted at the sides with two concealed hinge handles and presented in a round base.

Vintage Wu Shang Pu porcelain oval bowl. Character scenes in green, red, rust and blue on white background.

The ding was the most important cooking vessel in the Shang, used for offering food to ancestors and for cooking.

Used in China as early as the Shang dynasty (1600 - 1046 B.C.), spoons predated chopsticks and remained the most common utensil until the 10th century.

The form of the vessel is modelled after the bronze zhi ritual vessels used as drinking cups during the late Shang dynasty and early Western Zhou period. These vessels were placed in...

Every one of the eight separate pieces is marked underneath with the artisan mark of Shang (尚) and the retailer’s mark KMS for Kwong Man Shing.

The symbolism of horse, bee and monkey is a Chinese rebus "Ma Shang Feng Hou" (马上封侯) which means "May you be promoted to the rank of Marquis immediately".

These vases are representative of late Qing cloisonné production, which emphasized large-format vessels with elaborate archaistic ornamentation inspired by Shang and Zhou bronze form...

Used in China as early as the Shang dynasty (1600-1046 B.C.), spoons predated chopsticks and remained the most common utensil until the 10th century.

Plate X from *L'Ornement Polychrome*, the print captures a series of low-relief motifs and surface designs derived from ritual vessels and ceremonial objects of the Shang and Zhou dy...

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 to the ancestors, late Shang to early ...

However, references in earlier texts surviving on other media make it clear that some precursor of these Warring States period bamboo slips was in use as early as the late Shang peri...

The waist of the vase was decorated with fine silver wire inlays of zoomorphic motifs called taotie mask, which is commonly found on Shang and Zhou dynasty ritual bronzes and jades o...

Each hollow figure portraying one of the immortals in an animated pose, with highly detailed facial features, four pierced with apertures for the insertion of facial hair, clad in fi...

Zhengzhou, now the modern provincial capital, was an early Shang Dynasty capital. The Shaolin Temple, located on Mount Song, is famous as the birthplace of Zen Buddhism and Shaolin m...

While not currently native to China, images of tapirs have been found in Chinese art since the late Shang or early Zhou Dynasties (circa 12th century BC), with most extant examples b...

The blue border is adorned with ivory and rose peonies, and the inner guard stripe includes an ivory Greek fret motif known as a 'thunder line', which is a Chinese ideogram found on ...

This type of stylized cicada motif comes directly from Shang and Western Zhou Dynasty archaic bronze patterns.

However, references in earlier texts surviving on other media make it clear that some precursor of these Warring States period bamboo slips was in use as early as the late Shang peri...

This Chinese cast bronze urn was made to pay honor to the fine vessels produced in the Shang, Zhou and Han periods. This work cast in the late 18th into the early 19th century (circa...

A gu is type of ancient Chinese ritual bronze vessel from the Shang and Zhou dynasties (i.e. 1600–256 BC). It was used to drink wine or to offer ritual libations.

Not only bronze weapons were made with which the Shang and Zhou controlled peoples around them, but also much attention was paid by casters and their patrons to vessels in which food...

It is based on the hu bronze wine vessel shape, particularly inlaid bronzes from the late Shang dynasty through the Warring States (472–221 B.C.E.) periods.