Chinese Tang Style Sancai-Glazed Flat Tile Depicting Women Playing with a Dog

Japanese Kutani porcelain sculpture of a Pekinese dog, playing with a Shinto shrine bell and wearing a gold ruffle collar. The very expressive figure features a luminous white ground with gold accents and a bright bell rope. A rare and fine masterpiece, frequently known as a symbol of royalty. The Japanese Chin...

Chinese glazed porcelain roof tile of a warrior riding a monkey. The manufacture of glazed tiles was standardized in the Ming Dynasty and during the Qing Dynasty into the Republican Era, glazed tiles became ever more popular for top-tier buildings, including palace halls in the Forbidden City and ceremonial temples like the Heavenly Temple. The piece is signed and mounted on a presentation display stand. The monkey is the ninth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Monkey...

Chinese glazed porcelain roof tile of a warrior riding a dragon turtle. The manufacture of glazed tiles was standardized in the Ming Dynasty and during t...

A Chinese ceramic vase, produced circa 1930s-1940s, flame glazed in deep red. Includes marks to base. This piece remains in very fine condition, wear to base consistent with age. 10434

Chinese polychrome glazed ceramic figural sculpture of the immortal Fu, god of happiness, depicted holding a child, his robe elaborately decorated. Me...

Chinese polychrome glazed ceramic figural sculpture of the immortal Lu, god of wealth, his robe elaborately decorated, stamped to underside. Measures: 22...

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...

A beautiful sancai tri-glazed jar of the Tang dynasty style. The jar of globular form, is covered with a rich, lustrous sancai glaze which stops short of the rounded base. The sancai...

Chinese Tang manner 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 sadd...

Chinese Tang manner 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 sadd...

Tang Dynasty (618 - 907) Sancai glazed pottery horse The cream-glazed horse is naturalistically modelled standing on a rectangular base, with the mane, tail and hooves highlighted in amber glaze. The head is gracefully curved to the left, with a green and amber glazed saddle and blanket and foliate-shaped plaques detailed with moulded toads suspending from the trappings. Measures: Height: 14.24 Inches (36.2 cm) Width: 15.5 Inches (39.35 cm) Depth: 6 Inches (15.2 cm) Provenance: An English private collection, acquired in Hong Kong in the 1980s A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this item along with a lucite base. Condition; Excellent with one repair to right side saddle blanket. Some remaining frustrations throughout with areas of oxidation and a fine craquelure throughout. A formidable piece that presents beautifully. Notes: The present sancai horse...

This rare sencai glazed man on a horse is a stunning example of funerary pottery figures used as spirit objects or Mingqi in Chinese burial tombs for millennia. This Tang style horse, rider, and dog appear to be a hunting trio--possibly representing the provision of ample game and sustenance for the deceased in the afterlife. The facial expressions of the hunter and dog...