SH Studios Ceramics

This is a very old excavated pottery made around the Tang Dynasty in China. During the Tang Dynasty, colored pottery called Sancai appeared. There are various colors such as yellow,...

Chinese Export Octagonal Plate, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period, circa 1790 An exquisite Chinese export octagonal plate from the Qing Dynasty, Qianlong P...

This very large and substantial bowl or basin is signed by and unknown artist and originates from China, dating to approximately 1920 and done in the period Chinese Export style. The...

Chinese Sancai Glazed Tang Horse, funerary ceramic in the shape of a Fereghana stallion, standing four-square on a flat unglazed base, arched neck, well-defined head, ears pricked fo...

Chinese Tang Sancai-glazed pottery statue of a horse standing on all four legs atop a rectangular base. The horse is decorated with bells and flowers. A traditional green saddle comp...

This beautiful Tang dynasty earth spirit with human face and animal body is crafted with terracotta and paint. This semi-human spirit figure is seated on its haunches with cloven hoo...

Chinese green glazed pottery covered jar. Age: China, Yuan Dynasty, A.D. 1271 - 1368 Size: height 35 cm / width 25 cm. Condition: Wel...

This is a very old interesting Chinese Export stoneware Longquan Celadon bowl, which we date to the early Ming or later Yuan Dynasty, circa 14...

A fine Tang dynasty (618 to 906 AD) brown glazed jar with applied lug handles, circa late 9th or early 10th century, China. The jar of somewhat st...

A splendid Jun ware porcelain Yu Tang Chun vase. Jun ware, is one of the most important kilns in China. Originated in Tang dynasty, Jun kiln produces the most...

a beautifully modeled glazed Chinese ceramic horse, in the Tang-style, golden brown body with buff mane, removable tail, and hooves with a green saddle and harness with yellow-gold o...

Faux bamboo Chinese vases were a type of decorative art that emerged during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) in China. These porcelain vases were designed to mimic the appearance of bamboo, a plant highly regarded in Chinese culture for its resilience, elegance, and symbolism. Bamboo is associated with attributes such as flexibility, strength, and modesty, making it a popular motif in Chinese art. In the Qing Dynasty the color yellow held significant symbolism and represented imperial authority, power, and the emperor himself. Yellow was considered the most sacred and prestigious color in Chinese culture, and it had strong associations with the emperor's position as the Son of Heaven and the ruler of all under heaven. The marks at the bottom of the vases indicate that these were crafted more specifically during the Tongzhi period – an emperor who reigned from 1861 to 1875, which effectively lasted nthrough his adolescence and was largly overshadowed by the rule of his mother, Empress Dowager Cixi. Although he had little influence over state affairs, the events of his reign gave rise to what historians call the “Tongzhi Restoration”, an unsuccessful modernization program. The polychrome enamels representing on one vase a traditional Chinese kite...