Han Dynasty, Antique Chinese Green Glazed Pottery Jar

Chinese pottery Hu jar decorated with bands of raised lines and a pair of monster masks on the shoulder. Age: China, Han Dynasty, 206 B.C. - A.D.220 Size: h...

Chinese pottery lotus jar. Age: China, Five Dynasties, A.D.907 - 960 Size: Height 27.5 C.M. / Width 17.8 C.M. Condition: Well-preserved old burial condition...

Chinese pottery lotus jar. Age: China, Five Dynasties, A.D.907 - 960 Size: Height 24.8 cm. / width 18.2 cm. Condition: Well-preserved old burial condition o...

Chinese pottery attendant figurine. Age: China, Han Dynasty, 206 B.C. - A.D. 220 Size: Height 22 C.M. / Width 12 C.M. Condition: Well-preserved old burial condition overall. 100% s...

A large ceramic storage jar in "Hu" shape from Eastern Han Dynasty of China (25-220AD). The classic shaped vessel with swell shoulder and generous body is covered in a dark green gla...

Chinese Han Dynasty Terracotta Fighting Dog. During the Han Dynasty (206 BC to 220 AD), terracotta dogs were placed at a grave site in order to protec...

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...

This piece is an elephant statue made of green-glazed pottery. During the Han Dynasty, artworks depicting elephants were quite rare. However, such representations did occasionally appear. For example, the bronze vessel from the Han Dynasty housed in the Shanghai Museum is one of the notable examples of this type of craftsmanship. The existence of elephants in ancient China is attested both by archaeological evidence and by depictions in Chinese artwork. Long thought to belong to an extinct subspecies of the Asian elephant named Elephas maximus...