Chinese Pottery Lotus Jar with Zodiac Figures, Five Dynasties, 10th Century

A stately Chinese molded, carved, and painted "lotus jar", Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (907 - 979 AD), Dali Kingdom, China. The elegant vessel of fir...

A boldly painted Chinese pottery "lotus jar" with incised decoration, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Dali Kingdom, 10th century, Yunnan, China. The ele...

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 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 classic Chinese Han Dynasty "cocoon jar" of high fired burnished gray pottery, Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - 9 AD), China. The jar of typical form, w...

A lovely Chinese amber glazed pottery pouring vessel, Liao Dynasty (907 to 1125 AD). The vessel featuring a globular body with an elongated neck sligh...

Chinese pottery lotus jar decorated with twelve zodiac animals. Age: China, Five Dynasties, A.D.907 - 960 Size: Height 26.5 C.M. / Width 17 C.M. Conditi...

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...

Offering vessel from the Chinese Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). A beautiful "offering spiritual vessel" from the Yunnan province region in the ancient China. This was created in clay earthenware pottery during the Tang Dynasty period between 618 and 907 AD. Featuring molded patterns with incised and high reliefs of geometric figures. The design consists of the bombe baluster-shaped jug and a lid with a spherical knob, which are decorated in relief with 8 panels representing the petals of the lotus flower and linear geometric designs. Has a combined measures including the lid of 10.25 by 7.5 inches (26..03 x 19.05 Cm). Tang dynasty or Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Tend Kingdoms period. Historians generally regard the Tang as a high point in Chinese civilization, and a the golden age of cosmopolitan culture. Tang territory, acquired through the military campaigns of its early rulers, rivaled that of the Han dynasty. The Li family founded the dynasty, seizing power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire and inaugurating a period of progress and stability in the first half of the dynasty's rule. The dynasty was formally interrupted during 690–705 when Empress Wu Zetian seized the throne, proclaiming the Wu Zhou dynasty...

Chinese pottery granary jar, with cylindrical shape, decorated with bands of incised lines, and supported by three legs. Age: China, Han Dynasty, 206 B.C. - A.D. 220 Size: heigh...

Chinese green glazed pottery jar. Lead glaze with copper is the main colorant used in Han period to produce green glaze. Greenware became popular during the Eastern Han...